seven at home, open counter for Alexis Sanchez and tensions at the Canaries

NOTAnother very prolific day on the lawns of Ligue 1. Brest paid the price for Montpellier’s offensive fury on their lawn (0-7), while the Marseillais crushed the Nice, thanks in particular to a very good Alexis Sanchez (0- 3). Nice are not the only disappointing team at the start of the season, as Rennes and Strasbourg also suffered their second defeat. On the contrary, Lorient surprises by still being undefeated.

• The card of the weekend: Montpellier signs its biggest victory in Ligue 1

Like Lille against Paris-Saint-Germain (PSG) on the third day, Brest took seven at home, Sunday August 28. The Pirates sank against Montpellier (0-7) at home, with a nightmarish start to the match. Recovered after their defeat against Auxerre, the Pailladins scored five goals in thirty minutes, through Faitout Maouassa, Wahbi Khazri, Nicolas Cozza and Elye Wahi, author of a double.

Things did not get better in the second period for the Brestois, reduced to ten when they returned from the locker room due to the expulsion of Pierre Lees-Melou. In numerical superiority, the Héraultais took the opportunity to score two additional goals, thanks to a double from Valère Germain. “We were bad defensively and offensively. We watched them score some great goals… I can’t give you any explanations, I have a headache.” reacted the Brest coach, Michel Der Zakarian, not really delighted with this heavy defeat against his former club.

• The end of the weekend series: Benoît Costil does not concede a goal… and it is a small event

It hadn’t happened for over a year. After twenty-nine games with at least one goal conceded in Ligue 1, Benoît Costil made his first clean sheet. The Auxerre goalkeeper, author of four saves, was decisive in AJA’s victory against Strasbourg (1-0). The last time the goalkeeper had not seen his nets tremble dated back to May 16, 2021, with Bordeaux, against Lens. Since then, not necessarily helped by the catastrophic defense of the Girondins last season, he had conceded seventy goals.

“Costile was exceptional last week [2-1 à Montpellier] and there too, greeted the Auxerrois coach, Jean-Marc Furlan. My goalkeeper coach wanted him. Last year, it was a suffering for him, we saw it. I often spoke with him to lighten him up. » The French international will certainly be happy not to beat the record of thirty-three games held by former Ajaccio goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa.

• The star of the weekend: Alexis Sanchez comes to Ligue 1

Welcomed like a rockstar at Marignane airport on August 9, when he signed for Olympique de Marseille, Alexis Sanchez responded to the hopes placed in him. Established in Nice for the second time this season, Sunday, the Chilean scored his first two goals in the French Ligue 1 championship during Marseille’s victory at the Allianz Riviera (3-0).

On the opener, well served by Jonathan Clauss, the one nicknamed El Niño Maravilla (“the child prodigy”) showed off his technical palette. With a sequence of control with the right foot and instantaneous strike, he deceived Kasper Schmeichel under the crossbar (10^e). He doubled the bet by being the quickest to take back a ball pushed back by the Nice goalkeeper (3-0, 42^e). “ Alexis has quality. We are happy to have it”appreciated after the match his coach, Igor Tudor, in a press conference.

At this rate, his popularity rating is not likely to run out of steam in Marseille, especially if his relationship with Dimitri Payet, holder for the first time this season, proves to be so prolific.

1 – Alexis Sanchez has scored at least one goal in every season since his debut in Europe’s Top 5 in 2008… https://t.co/RPFehCqPu0

— OptaJean (@OptaJean)

• The statement of the weekend

“We have four days left to sign four players, something we haven’t been able to do in two months…”

Despite his team’s victory against Toulouse (3-1) on Sunday, FC Nantes coach Antoine Kombouaré continues to express his dissatisfaction with the club’s transfer window. While the transfer market will be closed on Thursday 1^er September, at 11 p.m., the Kanak still hopes for four players to complete its workforce.

During the month of August, he continued to question the functioning of the transfer window with Waldemar Kita sauce, named after the president of the Nantes club. “We have to work for reinforcements. It’s an emergency, that’s very clear! »he assured from August 13 before insisting, Thursday, at a press conference: “Here they always work like that [au dernier moment]. It’s never easy, don’t be wrong. My files do not pass and I block their files. I expect reinforcements, but real reinforcements. »

Before the weekend, Antoine Kombouaré was still able to breathe when seeing his midfielder Ludovic Blas, courted by Lille, confirm that he would stay on the banks of the Loire this year. His entry into the break also coincided with his team’s best period, which scored three goals in eleven minutes (50^e55^eand 61^e) to overthrow Toulouse and unlock their Ligue 1 win counter this season.