Paris Saint-Germain will not remember this season well, but tonight (Sunday) it gave its fans some satisfaction with a 2: 2 victory in the home Clasico against second-placed Marseille and increased the gap at the top to 15 points, en route to the 10th championship in the club’s history. Nice broke a four-game unbeaten streak at the expense of Lorraine, Lyon crushing Bordeaux 1: 6.
On Saturday: Saint-Etienne was at least temporarily rescued from the test-leading place with 1: 2 over Brest, Lance defeated 1: 2 over Lille in the Northern Derby.
Paris Saint-Germain – Marseille 1: 2
France’s only representative in Europe failed to win at the Parc de France for the second season in a row, the host celebrated in the Clásico and can secure the number 10 championship in the club’s history as early as Wednesday. This will happen if PSG beat Anja away and at the same time Marseille stumble at home against Nantes. Even if the second one wins, the gap will remain 15 points and the championship will be practically guaranteed because there will also be 15 at the box office and the lead difference of the leader is much better.
Mauricio Pochettino brought Marcinius back to the squad at the expense of Sergio Ramos, while Marseille, who arrived after eight consecutive victories in all competitions, came up again this time without a natural striker. Neymar, who scored a double for Lorraine and a hat-trick against Clermont, opened the game with an acrobatic goal in the 12th minute, running away from his defender and ahead of Steve Mandanda for a wonderful depth ball sent by Marco Varati.
The guest responded in the 31st minute with a goal by Croatian stopper Doya Chalta-Tsar after a serious error in a corner kick by Gianluigi Donaroma, but PSG continued to dominate, a goal by Lionel Messi was disqualified in the 41st minute and plus Half-time Killian Ambape regained the lead with a penalty after a hand touch in the box and celebrated his 21st in the league. Another star goal was disallowed in the 76th minute, but a more dramatic disqualification was for William Saliba’s goal in the 85th minute, when the VAR intervened and set up a dissimilarity of the brakeman in Dimitri Paella’s free kick. Marseille failed to become the second team this season to take points at the park (only Nice did it with 0-0 in early December), Ramos came on in the 88th minute to keep the score and the championship would return to Paris on Wednesday or next week.
Nice – Lorraine 1: 2
After the Champions League dreams suffered a severe blow following four winless games, the team from the Riviera came back to itself in a particularly dramatic way. Andy Delor scored first for Christophe Galatia’s side in the 54th minute from the penalty spot, but the lead lasted just seven minutes until Armand Lorient equalized. Just when the host thought she was on her way to another stumble, Delor completed a double in the 88th minute and set up three precious points in the position struggles over Europe.
Lyon – Bordeaux 1: 6
The 3-0 home defeat to West Ham ended Lyon’s European campaign and turned the spotlight on Peter Boss, who saw his players vent frustration at the expense of a weak Bordeaux, who won last week but show the worst defense in the top five leagues and are nearing relegation after 30 years. Musa Dembele slammed the first (20), Carl Toko Akambi took advantage of a mistake by goalkeeper Gatan Posen (27) and Lucas Fakta shot the third (34). The trip continued with a goal from the acquisition from Brest Roman Faber in the first minute of the second half and Toko Akambi completed a double in the 68th minute. Substitute Sequo Mara shrank with a penalty (84) for the guest who remained below the red line, but Dembele celebrated his own double in extra time and sealed Lyon’s highest home win over Bordeaux (away was 0-5 in December 2014). The host has advanced to eighth place and is still in contention for tickets to Europe.
Lil – Lance 2: 1
After winning 0-1 in the first round and knocking the champion out of the cup with a penalty shootout victory, Lance completed a season double in the Northern Derby and climbed at the expense of Lille to seventh place thanks to her first away win in 19 years. National team player Jonathan Kloss’s corner in the fourth minute was sent off towards the Polish player Pzemislaw Frankowski who won the first derby and kicked in his fifth in the league, and in the 37th minute Arno Climando was assisted by a defensive player and celebrated his 10th. The Portuguese sack shrank with a jab in extra time of the first half, but Lille failed to equalize in the second half and went down undefeated after eight games without a loss.
More games
Troyes – Strasbourg 1: 1
Latroia: Florian Tardio (85 in Pendel). To Strasbourg: Habib Diallo (56 in Pendel)
Metz – Clermont 1: 1
Lemetz: Nicolas de Parville (24), Ibrahima Nian was sent off (40). For Claremon: Jodel Doso (37)
Nantes – Angers 1: 1
Nantes: Califa Coulibaly (53). Lange: Sufian Buffal (18)
Montpellier – Reims 0: 0
Sabbath:
St. Etienne – Brest 1: 2
To Saint-Etienne: Mehdi Camara (14 and 39). Brest: Frank Honor (8)
The 32nd round kicked off on Friday with Monaco’s 2: 3 away win over Ran.