Lhe Girondins de Bordeaux may have one of the finest records in French football and a prestigious history, but they are heading straight for relegation to Ligue 2. Corrected on the lawn of Lyon (6-1), Sunday April 17, the club at the Scapular has already conceded 77 goals in 32 days! And clocks in at an alarming 19and square.
At the top of the table, Monaco carried out a great operation by winning at Rennes (2-3). Victorious over Lorient (2-1), Nice also benefited from Strasbourg’s draw at Troyes (1-1). The European places are moving away for Lille, which lost the North derby at home against Lens (1-2).
In the fight to maintain, Saint-Etienne gives itself air by beating Brest (2-1), especially since Bordeaux sank and Metz and Clermont did not know how to decide (1-1).
The good shot of the weekend
Monaco is back! After dragging its bad start like a cannonball for months, not spending the winter in cups (elimination in the semi-finals of the Coupe de France and in 8and of the Europa League final), the club from the Principality is back in the race for the podium at the start of the home stretch of the season.
Clinically effective in counter-attack, ASM won a deserved victory (2-3) Friday evening on the lawn of Rennes (which remained on five victories at home in L1). The inevitable Wissam Ben Yedder took the opportunity to register his 19and league goal from a cross shot.
Thanks to this success, Philippe Clement’s players return to just three lengths from the Bretons, who occupy third place in the standings. From Wednesday, the race for the podium will continue with two posters between direct competitors: Monaco-Nice and Strasbourg-Rennes.
Bad luck of the weekend
And three for the Sang et Or against the Mastiffs this season. Beaten at Bollaert by Racing Club de Lens in September (1-0), eliminated from the Coupe de France at the same stadium in January (2-2, 4-3 on pens), Lille Olympique Sporting Club (LOSC) still lost a Northern derby this Saturday, at home this time.
The Lille goal signed Xeka just before the break was not enough to close the gap previously dug by Przemyslaw Frankowski and Arnaud Kalimuendo in favor of the Artésiens. “We cannot win on such a game at stake by doing one period out of two. Even if we pushed the first 20-25 minutes in the second, we disappointed everyone, including ourselves.regretted the Lille coach, Jocelyn Gourvennec, at the end of the meeting.
In the standings, the reigning French champion fell to eighth place, behind Lyon… and RC Lens.
The player of the weekend
Winning return on the lawn of Geoffroy-Guichard. Laid off by AS Saint-Etienne for hitting a player from the reserve team, Mahdi Camara was not traveling to Lorient (6-2 defeat) on April 8. A week later, the defensive midfielder of the Greens scored twice – the first of his career – in front of his home crowd.
Victorious 2-1 of Brest, Sunday, the club of Forez thus pockets three precious points in the fight for the maintenance. In addition to Mahdi Camara, the Saint-Etienne supporters can also thank goalkeeper Paul Bernardoni, author of a decisive tap to dismiss an opposing attempt at the last minute of added time.
About the double goalscorer, coach Pascal Dupraz mentioned “full redemption”hoping that “These actions will not happen again”.
The sinking of the weekend
Change trainer? Already done. Change goalie? Already done. Put his captain in the closet? Already done. The Girondins de Bordeaux have tried everything, and yet they continue to sink week after week, getting closer to relegation to Ligue 2.
Sunday, David Guion’s players received a harsh 6-1 on the lawn of Lyon, thus regaining their unflattering status as worst defense in Europe. Symbol of their collective bankruptcy, a goal conceded ten seconds after the kick-off of the second period.
“This defeat is for me”, assumed for his part the Bordeaux goalkeeper Gaëtan Poussin, responsible for a big blunder at the origin of the second opposing goal. At least, the misfortune of the Bordelais allows the Lyonnais to smile again three days after their pitiful elimination from the Europa League.
The statement of the weekend
“He’s a teammate with a capital E”
In difficulty in recent weeks, OGC Nice has been able to count on its providential striker Andy Delort to regain the taste of victory on Sunday against Lorient. After opening the scoring from the penalty spot at the start of the second period, the former Montpellier player headed the decisive goal in the 88th minute.and minute against Lorient at the Allianz Riviera (2-1 victory for the Niçois).
For his coach Christophe Galtier, Delort is more than a goalscorer. “He is a team player with a capital E. Everyone should be inspired by his state of mind and his generosity on the pitch”said the Gym coach, who had compared some of his players to “tourists” a week earlier.
The weekend wall
If he made movies, we could qualify him as a light double. In the absence of number 1 goalkeeper Jonas Omlin, suspended, it was Dimitry Bertaud who started in the Montpellier cages against Stade de Reims on Sunday. By making nine saves, the 23-year-old doorman, trained at MHSC, was simply intractable. The Hérault field players, on the other hand, were less inspired. Result: a goalless draw (0-0) at the Mosson stadium.
9 – Reims scored 9 shots against Montpellier, its record without scoring since Opta analyzed the competition (2006/07… https://t.co/bnxrbaVD2G
- Sunday afternoon score
1-1. This is the result of the “match of fear” between FC Metz and Clermont Foot. It is also that of the meeting between Nantes and Angers in the soft underbelly of the classification. It is finally the outcome of the opposition between ESTAC and RC Strasbourg, which offers a valuable point to the Trojans.