After the poor performance of OM (1-2 defeat against Ajaccio) and PSG (1-1 draw at Reims) on Saturday, the 10th day of Ligue 1 continued on Sunday with a multiplex and challenges at all levels. Lorient and Monaco struck a blow, Nice and Strasbourg breathed a good blow.
The tidal wave: Moffi propels Lorient
The Hakes from Régis Le Bris are definitely very surprising specimens in this 2022-23 cuvée. Who would have imagined seeing them swim there with so much ease, they who in the first third of the championship are new runners-up to PSG, one point behind the leader? This is however the case after their 1-2 success in Brest, giving even more color to the best start in L1 in their history. Home striker Terem Moffi shook the net for the 7th and 8th time this season – co-best director with Parisians Kylian Mbappé and Neymar -, and in what way: from a tight angle, the Nigerian striker sent a slammed half-volley from the right hit the post to enter (24th), before offering an 8th success to his team as an opportunist (54th). The Moffi-Lorient duo, like a fish in water.
The series: Monaco never stops
We will really have to rely on this ASM. After a start to the season in diesel mode, Monaco pressed the “unstoppable” button in Ligue 1, where Philippe Clement’s players chained a fifth success in a row in Montpellier. Winner 0-2, the Principality club, thanks to the 4th goal of the season from Breel Embolo (45th+1) and the 1st from joker Myron Boadu (80th), is back in the league. ASM is fifth, just three points from the podium. It was well worth some pretty images of joy at the Mosson.
Cardboard: Nice is getting better
Stopped after two consecutive losses against Angers and Paris, the Aiglons resumed their flight at home against an overly tender Troyes (3-2). Arranged in a fashionable system of three central defenders, Nice, even if he got scared at the end of the game, offered a superb offensive performance. Especially in the first period where Mattia Viti (2nd) and Andy Delort (38th, sp) scored for his 4th achievement of the season. Nicolas Pépé scored the 3rd (50th), and the Niçois, 13th, came back up to their opponent of the day. The only downside is the new outing on a thigh injury from Youcef Atal, who has already missed 18 games in 2022.
The derby: Rennes slaps Nantes
Lined up for the second time this season, the very promising Kalimuendo-Gouiri duo struck in the West derby largely won by Rennes (3-0). Served by the first, the second scored the first goal closely (26th), his 3rd in 6 games with the Rennais. Gouiri added an assist to his tally for Martin Terrier (80′) before the last local nugget Désiré Doué, 17, lit up Roazhon Park with a cross-entry half-volley (84′). The Bretons confirmed their superb home arrangements for the 2022 calendar year, accumulating their 12th victory (2 defeats) – their best total in a single year since 2008 (13). Rennes has been undefeated since the end of August, and moved up to sixth. Nantes drops to nineteenth place.
The number: 1
Strasbourg is breathing a little better after its very first success of the season, obtained at Raymond-Kopa against Angers (2-3). Julien Stéphan’s men remained on 5 draws and 4 defeats in the league, and finally hope to have launched a lifting so far very complicated as much in the game as in the results. Kévin Gameiro (7th), Maxime Le Marchand (33rd) and Habib Diallo (58th) scored.
The goal: Khaoui illuminates Clermont
It is certainly one of the goals of this day: in a long padlocked match, the light came from Saîf-Eddine Khaoui. In the 56th minute of play, the attacking midfielder displayed his talent in front of Gabriel-Montpied: by letting a full axis pass pass between his legs at the entrance to the area, he opened up space for Grejohn Kyei who gave him in the right time. On the move, Khaoui chained a control of the thigh and a dry strike from the left which pierced Benoît Costil. Thanks to his second goal of the season, and that of Kyei (58th), the Auvergnats are surprisingly sixth in Ligue 1.