Suspense on all floors.
Ligue 1 is holding its breath at the top and bottom of the standings with only ten games left before the final verdict.
While Dijon continues to illuminate its red lantern, Lille managed to stay in full light by beating Marseille at the end of the match (2-0).
The lessons of the evening
In the four-man sprint to win the Hexagoal cup at the end of the season, Monaco lost track.
The quartet seems to have become a trio.
Until then undefeated in 2021, the Monegasques pitifully fell in Strasbourg (0-1).
Logically.
All the difference with Lille, Lyon and PSG who, without being transcendent, were able to grow their capital by three points against Marseille (2-0), Rennes (1-0) and Bordeaux (1-0).
RC Lens is one of the big beneficiaries of the day.
By winning (3-2) in Saint-Etienne, the Sang et Or confirmed their European ambitions by rising to 5th place at the expense of Metz, defeated on his lawn by Angers (0-1).
At the bottom of the ranking, the good operation is for Lorient, winner in Montpellier (2-1) and who took advantage of the setbacks of Saint-Etienne, Nîmes and Nantes.
The player: Houssem Aouar
Rudi Garcia had a hollow nose by bringing in his midfielder Houssem Aouar on the hour mark while Lyon still stumbled against Rennes at home.
Fifteen minutes later, the Franco-Algerian offered the Lyonnais three precious points in the race for the title.
On a good pass from Memphis Depay unbalanced in the area, Aouar, isolated from the penalty spot, only had to adjust his recovery from inside the right to deceive Gomis.
“We must congratulate the newcomers who allowed us to deliver a second period at the height of OL, savor Garcia.
Houssem Aouar scores a nice goal with a lot of composure but we must praise the incredible work of Memphis.
"For Aouar, this is the fifth goal of the season in the league ... which is worth a lot in the standings and leaves the Bretons to a fourth defeat in a row in L1, pending the arrival on the bench of Bruno Genesio in place of Julien Stéphan, resigned.
𝟯 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗶 𝗽𝗿𝗲́𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘂𝘅!
💥🔴🔵 # OLSRFC pic.twitter.com/XP0GNIadcE
- Olympique Lyonnais (@OL) March 3, 2021
The number: 11
At home, the Nantes of Kombouaré is as effective as that of Domenech ... Beaten by Reims (1-2) with a murderous goal from Abdelhamid in the 89th, the Canaries lined up their eleventh game without a victory at Beaujoire, the record of the history of the club.
Nantes remain 19th three points behind Lorient, the first non-relegation.
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END OF THE MATCH
The Yellow and Green, punished by a lack of realism in the first period, bowed at the very end of the game against Reims.
1⃣-2⃣ |
#fcnsdr
- FC Nantes (@FCNantes) March 3, 2021
The sentence: "It is a long time since the alarm bell was sounded"
Claude Puel does not hide the delicate situation of Saint-Etienne, beaten by Lens (2-3) at Geoffroy-Guichard.
“We would have deserved at least the sharing of points, but that does not mean to smile, laments the coach Forézien.
It's a waste of the last three days because we failed to take points when we could.
Now we have to focus on us, not our opponents.
We never concealed that we were playing the maintenance… ”
🔚 #ASSERCL It's over at Geoffroy-Guichard.
💚 2-3 🟡 pic.twitter.com/ZEgzWczOqS
- AS Saint-Étienne (@ASSEofficiel) March 3, 2021
