Three matches were played this Sunday afternoon on the 22nd day of League 1.
Rennes continues and pushes Clermont
Stade Rennais overcame its European disappointment with a 6th straight Ligue 1 win at AC Milan (3-0) on Thursday at the expense of red lanterns Clermont (3-1). Garam Omari reinforced Breton’s dominance after a short corner and a good cross from Ibrahim Salah (31st, 1-0). Mori Diaw saved Ludovic Blas’s penalty (39th) to keep hope alive. Attacking at the start of the second half, Clermontois lacked bite before the break goal, signing Martin Terrier on the surface after a lot of work from Arthur Thiet (58m, 2-0).
In the process, Chrislain Matsima closed the gap from a corner and served well to Mohamed Cham (62nd, 2-1). Terrier avoided it and scored a double, ideally coming on Desiree Duay (64th, 3-1). Rouge et Noir striker Maximiliano could have scored a hat-trick had it not been for a desperate mistake by Coffries, which resulted in him being sent off (in 77). Rennes thus moves back to within five points of Brest, 5th, and Nice, 2nd. Clermont remains 6 points behind Nantes, 16th and a barrier to relegation.
Montpellier relaunches against Metz
Seven defeats in a row, a surprise draw at Marseille (1-1) and now FC Metz return to Montpellier this Sunday (3-0). MHSC, who are without a win in five matches, set the tone from the start with a good collective movement, which ended with Isiaga Sylla in the area (3rd, 1-0). Hérultais was never in doubt at Mawson Stadium, cruising through the first act (15 shots, 5 on target). Modibo Sagan saved his team with a header from a corner, which was well met by Teji Souvenir, already trailing by the first goal (50th, 2-0).
Savanier that got us the highlight of the show, a well-taken penalty against the unfortunate Alexandre Okidja (86th, 3-0). “There is only one team that has ever existed, and that is Montpellier”Lorraine goalkeeper noted on the microphoneAmazon Prime Video. “We lack, I don’t know if it’s efficiency or desire”, he cursed. Metz, who host Lyon next Friday (9 pm), are 17th in the standings, five points behind 16th-placed Nantes, who they travel to in two weeks. Montpellier is in 14th place.
Monaco mistake against Toulouse
It has now been six matches that Toulouse have alternated a win and a loss in Ligue 1. A fantastic extended series under the sun at the Louis-II stadium in the den of AS Monaco (1-2). At the end of a nearly shared and eventful first period, it was Vincent Siero who broke the deadlock. The Toulouse captain saw the poor placement of Philipp Kohn who expected a cross from a long free kick and thus deceived him with a direct strike (41st, 0-1). Magnes, inspired like Aklioche, was lucky after a game of billiards, which gave him the advantage to equalize from a close range (48th, 1-1).
Frustrated in front of his audience, ASM mainly wait and watch at a corner, where Cierro’s center had time to rebound before defender Logan Costa’s half-volley (70th, 1-2). Neither the entry of Alysse Ben Seghir, author of a beautiful shot on target (73rd) and a disallowed goal (81st), nor the percussion of Takumi Minamino were able to bring Monaco back into the saddle. The Principality club are in 4th place, one point behind Nice, runners-up to PSG. TFC, 13th, takes a small point ahead of Nantes and the Red Zone. After a promising defeat in Lisbon (2-1), enough to prepare ideally for their round of 16 return on Thursday at the stadium against Benfica.
