2023-10-22 22:19:19
Unlike the weekend before the break, this Sunday in Ligue 1 was less stingy in terms of goals. Toulouse and Reims failed to decide between themselves (1-1) while Nantes had a second consecutive victory against Montpellier (2-0). For their part, Lille and Lorient had two good operations against Brest (1-0) and Rennes (2-1). Here’s what to remember from the afternoon’s matches.
The right operation: without seducing, Lille climbs to the foot of the podium
It wasn’t the most thrilling match of the afternoon, but Lille didn’t care. On their lawn, at the Stade Pierre Mauroy, Paulo Fonseca’s men achieved a success by a short margin against Brest (1-0) and moved up to 4th place. An error by Dari in his own half benefited Zhegrova.
With success, the Kosovar saw his hazardous ball handling end at the feet of Yusuf Yazici, who, well helped by an apathetic Brest defense, only had to push the ball deep (1-0, 6th). Brest returns to 5th while the Mastiffs can approach their preparation more calmly before hosting Slovan Bratislava on Thursday.
The player: Florent Mollet scores against his ex
Even without its main gunner, Mostafa Mohamed (five goals this season), Nantes manages to win. And this time, it was Florent Mollet who donned the mantle of savior against the MHSC. The one who wore the colors of Montpellier for 4 years took advantage of a restart error from Benjamin Lecomte to open the scoring and register his second achievement of the season (43rd). A great reward to celebrate his 200th match in the elite.
The Canaries then doubled the lead with a goal from the right from Kader Bamba a quarter of an hour from the end of the match (74th). Thanks to this second consecutive victory, the Canaries move up to seventh place and are only one point behind Brest, fifth.
Lack of luck: Reims may have regrets
When it doesn’t work… The Rémois were caught by Toulouse (1-1), even though they hit the amounts three times! Some time after the start of the match, and after a magnificent save on the Dallinga line, Abdelhamid attempted an acrobatic return which crashed into the right post (10th). Same thing for Ito, who had done the hardest part by eliminating Nicolaisen and Casseres (14th) and Daramy (45th).
The current sixth in Ligue 1, who struck no less than 15 times (!), opened the scoring thanks to Richardson (48th), before being taken back three minutes later by Dallinga (51st). Enough to have regrets.
The number: 1
Rennes have only won one of their last eight Ligue 1 matches. Rennes can’t do it anymore! After a defeat against PSG on October 8 (3-1), the Bretons lost in the derby against Lorient (2-1). Ludovic Blas had nevertheless put Rennes back in the right direction after Warmed Omari’s CSC at the start of the match (1-1, 21st), but a second error from the Rennes defender, following a failed check, allowed Isaak Touré to anesthetize Rennes’ good intentions (2-1, 45th+2). Yildirim thought for a time that he would free his team and equalize, but the Turk saw his goal refused for offside (78th). Despite a dominated game (20 shots against 5 for the Merlus), Bruno Génésio’s men remain stuck in the middle of the table.
The phrase: “I will make the necessary decisions”
Speaking to Prime Video, Bruno Genesio was quite critical after his men’s match: “In football, there are certain fundamentals to respect. It’s true that we did, especially in the first half, a lot of very good things. But we also make unforgivable mistakes at this level. When things aren’t going well, it’s also together. There is no question of avoiding responsibility, even less so. I am primarily responsible, I make the choices. I assume. What I can tell you is that I will make the decisions necessary to get us back on our feet. »
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