Olympique de Marseille were reassured at the end of the 26th day of Ligue 1. The Olympians won at Rennes (1-0). This victory does not erase the nightmare of elimination in the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France against a Ligue 2 team (2-2, 7 pens to 6), but at least OM regain a four-point lead on Monaco (3rd) and Lens (4th), held in check by Lille (1-1) in the North derby on Saturday. Tired, the players of Igor Tudor relied on a goal from Sead Kolasinac on a clever free kick played very quickly.
They also relegate Rennes (5th) to nine points, and end well a difficult week, started with the heavy defeat at the Vélodrome against Paris SG (3-0). Behind, Monaco is no longer advancing. After taking 23 out of 27 points in the league, ASM (3rd) has just experienced three big disappointments: an elimination on penalties in the Europa League against Leverkusen, a beating in the derby against Nice (3-0) and an equalizer de Troyes in the last moments, despite Wissam Ben Yedder’s double.
Lyon far from Europe
Lyon is still far from getting involved in the fight for Europe. OL (10th) experienced further disappointment when they were held to a draw at home by Lorient (0-0) and found themselves seven points behind Stade Rennais. In the race to maintain, the bargains are for Brest, winner in Strasbourg (1-0) of a relegation duel, and Montpellier, which smashed Angers (5-0) with a double from its captain Téji Savanier.
The Bretons come out of the relegation zone thanks to a goal from Franck Honorat just before the break (45+1). Montpellier is breathing new life with this third victory – and a draw – since the return of Michel Der Zakarian as coach. The MHSC are eight points ahead of the first relegation, Auxerre, who snatched a point from Nice (1-1) on Friday.
For the SCO, the end of the season turns into a nightmare, 12 points from maintenance. On Saturday, PSG beat Nantes (4-2) with Kylian Mbappé’s 201st Parisian goal, a new club record, to prepare for their big meeting at Bayern Munich in the knockout stages of the Champions League, where they must return. the defeat of the first leg (1-0).