TOPS
Hold on tight: OGC Nice is quite simply the best defense in Europe after five days of the championship. If the match against Olympique de Marseille will be replayed, Reims, Lille, Bordeaux and Nantes have failed to score a single goal for Walter Benitez, once again radiant this Sunday evening. On their lawn at La Beaujoire, the Canaries have nevertheless tried everything. But Bukari, Blas, Kolo Muani, Corchia and Simon all broke their teeth in front of the Argentinian doorman. Jostled, Christophe Galtier’s team had to rely once again on Kasper Dolberg, author of the opening of the scoring with a ball taken from the chest before Amine Gouiri completed the victory in Nice to celebrate the first Andy Delort, who came into play at the end of the match (2-0). With 9 units, the Gym is at the foot of the Ligue 1 podium, despite its penalty point and a late match.
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Deprived of some of its sharpest blades, PSG had to rely on its second knives to get the best of Clermont (4-0). And this Saturday night, it was Ander Herrera who shone, scoring the second double of his career to launch the Parisian club perfectly to its fifth victory of the season in the league. Precious with 68 balls touched and more than 94% of successful passes, he scored with a header to open the scoring before doubling the lead with a strong strike that left Desmas no chance. If this first double in the Parisian jersey will certainly not change the hierarchy of the midfielder in the head of Mauricio Pochettino, the former Red Devil has once again proved to his coach that he can always count on him in case of absence of Verratti, Wijnaldum or Gueye. A luxury replacement rarely bankrupt.
- Germain and Mavididi take over
One duo replaces another. After losing in the last hours of the transfer window his shock duo Andy Delort-Gaetan Laborde, author of 37 goals and 18 assists last year, Montpellier appeared as the big loser at the end of the transfer market. For the first match at La Mosson without the neo-Niçois and the neo-Rennais, Stephy Mavididi, called to take the gallon in their departure, and Valère Germain, recruited free after his departure from OM this summer, showed that they were also able to win the MHSC, during the success of the Pailladins against ASSE (2-0). Scorer with a perfectly adjusted right paw then passer, the first allowed Germain to score his first goal in Ligue 1 since January 6 against… Montpellier. It only remains for them to confirm to replace Delort and Laborde in the hearts of the supporters.
- In Reims, sparkling youth
The young shoots of the Stade de Reims were the only ones to shine on the lawn of Roazhon Park this Sunday afternoon. After four complicated first days (3 draws, 1 defeat), the Rémois have definitely launched their season by winning in Rennes with the manner (0-2). And this first victory in the championship was won thanks to two great teenagers, Hugo Ekitike and Ndri Koffi, both aged 19. The first opened his counter in the elite by concluding a very nice collective movement before the second, entered on the hour mark, deprived the Bretons of any hope of a magnificent interior of the foot following an endless race. to celebrate his first pro game. But above all to hoist their club in the first part of the table.
- The stat that feels good: none 0-0
Who said that Ligue 1 lawns were not conducive to exciting matches? Apart from the goalless draw between Nice and Reims on the very first day, there was no 0-0 in the league, while 49 matches were played (Nice-Marseille is to be replayed). During this 5th day, and even if there were no river scores, no less than 28 goals were scored. Or almost three per meeting.
We can obviously thank the PSG, winner of Clermont 4-0, we still Bordeaux and Lens who separated after having found the net five times (3-2). But it is above all thanks to the work of each of the clubs, which allows supporters to be more or less certain to see a show to celebrate their comeback in the stands.
THE FLOPS
- Lille, a hard-pressed defense four days from the C1
What happened to the Mastiffs this summer? After seven goals conceded during the first two days, we thought the LOSC finally got back on track. But as it opened this 5th day, the formation of Jocelyn Gourvennec again showed dangerous signs of feverishness, bowing at the end of the match in front of the superiority of Terem Moffi and the Merlus (2-1). It must be said that apart from Botman, a tone above his teammates this Friday evening, the Mandava-Fonte-Djalo triplet was totally beside his pumps, multiplying the defensive mistakes. Caught up in speed on many occasions, the Lille captain, who deemed this result “inadmissible”, did not fail to warn his teammates at the end of the match:
“We’ll have to talk to each other in the locker room”. Suffice to say that four days before entering the
Champions League, Lille is far from ready.
- Volland-Ben Yedder, harmless duo
Author of 36 cumulative goals last season (20 for Ben Yedder, 16 for Volland), the Monegasque attacking duo is having a nightmarish start to the season. It’s simple: neither of them has managed to find the net since the launch of this Ligue 1 campaign. Expected to play the leading roles in the league, Monaco is really starting to worry. Opposed in Marseille this Saturday evening, the proteges of Niko Kovac have never been able to resist the Phocéens on their lawn of Louis-II. Worse: with only seven shots attempted, the Monegasques did not even manage to frame a single strike, conceding their third setback of the season in once again deplorable circumstances. In the standings, AS Monaco is an astonishing 14th place, with only four small points taken and three achievements in five days.
- Bordeaux continues to flow
Definitely, even when the Girondins decide to play
football, nothing goes well. After two defeats and two draws to start a sad season, the formation of Vladimir Petkovic absolutely wanted to revive at home against Lens. But Bordeaux collected a new setback, cruel, on a penalty conceded at the very end of the game. Led by two goals at the break, Mangas and Onana sounded the revolt in the second half but it was without counting the hand of Gregersen in his area to offer the penalty of winning to Sotoca in added time (3-2). Result: with two points taken in five days, the Girondins have just signed the worst start to the season in their history in the league.
Unable to win any game since the start of the season, Metz (3 losses, 1 draw) and Troyes (2 losses, 2 draws) were finally to launch their championship. And in this little game, it is ESTAC that has managed to do well, thanks to its two summer recruits: Gerson Rodrigues and Xavier Chavalerin. Decisive passer on the opening of the scoring, the former of the house of Reims turned into a scorer to put the head under the water to a formation of Metz in distress (0-2). Frédéric Antonetti’s team, who, in addition to having touched the bar within a quarter of an hour of play, could have benefited from two penalties following contentious actions in the Trojan area but the VAR was not complacent. With this 11th consecutive game without a win at Saint-Symphorien, Metz equaled its longest streak of famine at home.
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