The fact of the match: the Parisians copiously whistled by their supporters
For their return to the Parc des Princes after their elimination in the Champions League, the Parisians suffered the whistles of their disgruntled and visibly resentful supporters. Yet winner of a weak Bordeaux, Neymar, Messi and their teammates were all booed with the exception of Kylian Mbappé, and failed attempts were mocked.
And if Mbappé was spared, it was Neymar and Lionel Messi who especially suffered the wrath of the public, whistled each time they touched the ball.
50
With 50 goals scored in 28 Ligue 1 matches, Strasbourg posted its highest total since winning the 1978-1979 season title (51 goals). Thanks to its victory against Monaco (1-0), Strasbourg had temporarily settled on the podium before Marseille’s wide victory in Brest (4-1), and according to Opta, the last 36 teams with at least this total of goals at this stage finished in the Top 4 and played Europe the following season.
The good performance: Lorient takes points for maintaining
Lorient made the big hit on Sunday by beating Clermont (2-0). Badly embarked until the hour when they were dominated, the Bretons made the difference in five minutes with two goals in quick succession from Koné (72nd) then Pétrot (76th). The Hakes thus have a third success in six matches and are getting closer to their opponent of the day (16th) who is only one point away in the race to maintain.
The statement
Troyes has the advantage and even if we pushed in the second half, the most important thing in football is to score. We could have played three hours without scoring.
Antoine Kombouaré, coach of FC Nantes beaten by Troyes on Saturday (1-0).
Coach: Bruno Genesio
Very big blow from Rennes this Sunday! Martin Terrier’s teammates inflicted a very heavy defeat on OL (2-4) this Sunday at Groupama Stadium and left their opponent far from their European hopes. The return of Bruno Génésio was expected and the former OL coach did not miss it. At the end of the match, the latter did not want to talk about revenge against his former team, but it looks very much like it…
Counter-performance: Montpellier and Téji Savanier
In numerical superiority for more than an hour, Montpellier did not manage to take the best of Nice (0-0) this Saturday, during the 28th day of Ligue 1. Paradoxically, Téji Savanier shone on Saturday afternoon but he did not score, and even missed a penalty by attempting a panenka finally captured by Walter Benitez. Completely exhausted at the final whistle, number 11 accepted his mistake and apologized in the mixed zone.