Yes, Paris-Saint-Germain lost their first Ligue 1 match this season against Rennes (2-0).
Yes, Sonny Colbrelli won the 118th edition of Paris-Roubaix on Sunday, after a final sprint where he took over Florian Vermeersch in the last meters and dominated Mathieu van der Poel.
Yes, French boxer Tony Yoka could lose his gold medal obtained at the Olympic Games in Rio in 2016.
But there were other things that happened this weekend that you might have missed.
The three weekend lessons
- The grand slam, you will prevent
It was, Saturday, the lowering of the curtain of a Rugby Championship already acquired for New Zealand. But a meeting between South Africa and the All Blacks can never be trivial. A week after the hundredth meeting – poor in game – between these two monsters of world rugby, the spectacle was there, with in particular a superb try of the South African Damian de Allende, or the always resplendent actions of the Neo Zealander Beauden Barrett. The Springboks won at the end of the suspense (31-29), with a penalty scored by the Pau opening half Elton Jantjies. And deprive their opponents of a grand slam.
- Your legend, you will respect
” I don’t forget how last year, in preseason, they sent me to train on my own. (…)I’ve said it before, they hurt me, more than anything because I’m a player who has always given everything to Barcelona, I gave myself completely to the club. ” Luis Suarez holds a grudge, but not too much. After his goal scored on Saturday night against his former club FC Barcelona (2-0 victory for Atlético de Madrid), the Uruguayan striker did not show his joy, even joining his hands in forgiveness.
But the second top scorer in Barça history, behind Argentinian Lionel Messi, still wanted to address a small tackle to Catalan management, mimicking a phone. “It was addressed to people who have my number, that they know that it has not changed, that I still use the same one. It wasn’t for Koeman. It was a joke that I had planned with my children ”, did he declare. Always so much bite.
? Ohh Suarez’s tackle to Koeman after his goal! ? The Barça coach called the striker on the phone to… https://t.co/gJjiihODJF
- Your first final of the year, you will lose
In a generational shock, Gaël Monfils could not resist the ardor of Janik Sinner. The 35-year-old French player, who played Sunday at the Sofia tournament, his first final of the year, lost (6-3, 6-4 in 1 hour and 20 minutes), against the Italian player, already winner of the 2020 edition. Broken at the start of the first and then the second set, Gaël Monfils has always raced behind the young 20-year-old Italian, at 14e world rank, without ever catching up.
The weekend video
After his victory in the sprint during an epic edition of Paris-Roubaix, the Italian Sonny Colbrelli could not control his tears, he who competed for the first time in this cycling classic.
???? The uncontrollable emotion of Sonny Colbrelli! Victorious of a legendary #ParisRoubaix, the Italian lets go… https://t.co/wkcVNZULqK
The declaration of the weekend
“It was like my father. When I arrived at OM, I was a little guy from the North who arrived in a prestigious club. It was he who came to pick me up in Bruges, who gave me my first responsibilities, who made me grow. My Bernard Tapie, that was the one I called “president”. ”
Jean-Pierre Papin, former Olympique de Marseille player from 1986 to 1992, paid tribute to Bernard Tapie, who died this Sunday, October 3. “He was someone who knew men extremely well, who knew how to talk to people. For some, there was a need for blows with sticks, others for caresses. For all the players there were different words. He could be as wise as an image as he could be berserk ”, he concluded.
The weekend sportswoman
As a builder of the history of cycling, Elizabeth Deignan won the first women’s edition of Paris-Roubaix on Saturday. The rainy and slippery race was dominated by the British runner, who started alone 82 kilometers from the finish, from the first paved section. “It’s just amazing. This scenario was not necessarily foreseen. By attacking 82 kilometers from the line, I thought I was accompanied. Finally, I had to do the job alone ”, explained, very moved, “Lizzie” Deignan. “I pushed so much and more. I had the advantage, being alone, of being able to choose my trajectories while I heard that, behind me, the girls were accumulating falls ”, said the winner.
The weekend figure
1,535
This is the amount of the victory bonus awarded to Lizzie Deignan, winner of the first women’s race at Paris-Roubaix … nearly twenty times less than the sum paid to the winner of the men’s race, Sonny Colbrelli, who pockets the tidy sum of 30,000 euros. For comparison, the 7e of the men’s general classification receives almost the same amount as the female winner (1,500 euros).
The women’s Paris-Roubaix route is 2 x shorter than that of the men … As for the bonus, it is 20 x less … https://t.co/5sCHWYBAZq