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Sunday evening, Christophe Galtier’s men overpowered their Marseille rival during the 11th day of Ligue 1 (1-0). PSG took off at the top of the championship and took three lengths ahead of their Lensois runner-up, while Marseille came out of the podium and ranked 4th.
Paris Saint-Germain won the classic of the French championship thanks to a single goal scored by Neymar (1-0) against OM who found themselves fourth, Sunday October 16 at the Parc des Princes at the end of the 11th day of the League 1.
Paris remains the only undefeated team in the league and increases its lead, now with three points more than Lorient (2nd), five on Lens the new third, and six on OM, dislodged from the podium. Far ahead of Lyon, all the same, and its new coach, Laurent Blanc, beaten in Rennes (3-2) and now 10th in Ligue 1.
A narrow Parisian victory
Admittedly, PSG, with the return of their star Lionel Messi, logically won the clash against OM, after creating the best chances, but they nevertheless showed a lot of clumsiness when approaching the goal. Marseille where the Spanish goalkeeper Pau Lopez made several decisive parades.
Marseille ended the match at ten after the exclusion of Samuel Gigot (72nd) and a foul on Neymar. Christophe Galtier’s men repel their opponent of the day, who recorded their second defeat in a row in the league, six lengths. Neymar scored, on a pass from Kylian Mbappé, his ninth goal of the season, which allowed him to take the lead in the scoring charts, tied with the Canadian center forward from Lille, Jonathan David.
“I am very happy” at Paris Saint-Germain, “I never asked to leave in January” assured Kylian Mbappé after the match, after four days of controversy over his supposed desire to leave. He is “neither closely nor remotely involved” in the rumor which reported on Tuesday of his desire to leave for the January transfer window, released before the match against Benfica, he said in the mixed zone.
First failed for White
Laurent Blanc’s reunion with a Ligue 1 bench, more than six years after his dismissal from PSG, was not successful in Rennes (3-2). Despite a double from Alexandre Lacazette, the successor to Peter Bosz has not found the magic recipe to reboost his new team, in the midst of a crisis, and sees OL’s long series without success extend to 6 matches.
The choices of the former coach of the France team, in particular the return to defense of the German Jérôme Boateng, did not give complete satisfaction and the club of Jean-Michel Aulas now points to a worrying 10th place. Another concern, Blanc had to deal with the premature injury exit of his world champion Corentin Tolisso shortly before the break.
On the contrary, everything is going well for Rennes, guaranteed to be at least a play-off in the Europa League and who find themselves 5th in the championship. Ironically, it was three ex-Gones who sealed Lyon’s defeat (two goals from Martin Terrier, one from Amine Gouiri).
Monaco sees red
The red card received in the 17th minute by Mohamed Camara weighed down ASM against Clermont at the Louis-II stadium (1-1). Breel Embolo opened the scoring well from the penalty spot but the Auvergnats logically took advantage of their numerical superiority to equalize in the second half.
Here is Monaco (6th) hampered after five victories in a row and in a delicate pass after the heavy defeat suffered Thursday in the Europa League on the lawn of Trabzonspor (4-0).
Nantes was hot
The Canaries and their coach Antoine Kombouaré came very close to disaster at La Beaujoire against Brest (4-1), three days after their rout in the Europa League against Friborg (4-0).
Led at the entry score and unable to convert a penalty, they still managed to resurface in a spectacular way to stop the bleeding after six unsuccessful matches and give Kombouaré (14th) some air.
The Brestois, who had lost their coach Michel der Zakarian during the week, remain dead last.
Lorient misses the mark, not Lens
Before the Classic of Ligue 1 between PSG and OM, Sunday evening at the Parc des Princes, Lorient (2nd) had an unexpected opportunity on Saturday to temporarily switch to the lead in the event of victory against Reims. But the Hakes, perhaps paralyzed by the challenge, missed this huge opportunity by being held in check by the Champenois at Moustoir (0-0).
The frustration is all the greater as the Rémois, who saw their coach Oscar Garcia be sacked on Thursday and replaced by his assistant William Still, ended the game at 9, their 7th and 8th exclusions since the start of the season. To make matters worse, Lorient will probably have to compose several weeks without their top scorer, Terem Moffi, hit in the ankle in the first period.
Lens, on the other hand, negotiated the arrival of Montpellier well at Bollaert (1-0) to position itself on the podium (3rd). Without being convincing during a rather dull meeting, the Sang et Or provided the essential thanks to a goal from Wesley Saïd in the second half.
With AFP