Certain attitudes do not deceive. That of Frédéric Longuépée, at half-time for Lorient-Bordeaux this Sunday, is one of them. With his head bowed, his gaze on his phone as if to prevent the cameras from capturing the distress in his gaze, the president of the Girondins helplessly witnessed a new disappointment of his men, in Lorient (4-1). At the break, the 16th in Ligue 1 already lost 3-0, and logically conceded a twelfth defeat in his last 14 meetings (1 victory, 1 draw). Three days after the announcement of the departure of its sole shareholder, King Street, and of its placement under the protection of the Bordeaux Commercial Court, this historic Ligue 1 club is only five points ahead of the red zone. .
The @girondins conceded at least 3 goals in 5 consecutive games in @ Ligue1UberEats for the first time in their history.
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- Football Stats (@Statsdufoot) April 25, 2021
Red is also the color of the card inflicted at the end of the game on Ghislain Printant, Jean-Louis Gasset's assistant, for potential insults to the referee.
Groggy, even more after each goal, the Bordeaux group has never seemed in revolt.
The fault, in particular, with the hat-trick of a man in form: Terem Moffi.
Shortly after the opening scoring of Yoane Wissa (18th), the Nigerian striker scored twice in the first period (20th, 43rd), then one last time to place the Girondins at 4 goals (80th).
Only Issouf Sissokho, who came into play in the 83rd minute, managed to close the gap, and save the Bordeaux honor (84th).
"We will continue, we still have our destiny in our hands ...", commented Paul Baysse.
Dijon in Ligue 2, a mad struggle for maintenance ... and for Europe
Worse than the defeat for the Girondins, several of their direct opponents did not disappoint. Lorient was therefore imposed to return to a point from Bordeaux, and Nantes overturned Strasbourg at La Meinau. Yet led 1-0 at half-time, after a goal from Ludovic Ajorque (43rd), Antoine Kombouaré's proteges woke up after the break, to score through Jean-Charles Castelletto (53rd) and Ludovic Blas (76th). After four games without a win (3 defeats, 1 draw), the Nantes residents took 18th place, that of the barrage, 4 points behind Lorient, and tied with Nîmes.
The Nîmes left precisely frustrated Lens. At 11 against 10 for 70 minutes, after the logical exclusion of Issiaga Sylla for a sole in the face of Renaud Ripart (out injured), the Gardois missed a golden opportunity to put pressure on its competitors for maintenance. If Zinedine Ferhat, from the penalty spot (52nd), responded to the opening scoring of Ignatius Ganago (17th), the Lensois defender Massadio Haïdara split with a splendid gesture to give back an unexpected advantage to the Sang et Or ( 76th). Three extremely important points for the fifth in the championship, which therefore takes one point ahead of Olympique de Marseille, winner Friday in Reims (3-1), and two over Rennes.
16 - Bruno Génésio collected 16 points in his first 7 meetings at the head of Rennes in Ligue 1 (5 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss) - a record for a coach in the history of the Breton club.
Pep.
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- OptaJean (@OptaJean) April 25, 2021
Caught cold by Dijon, on a penalty from Yassine Benzia (9th), the Rennais finally unrolled to officially send the Burgundians to Ligue 2 (5-1).
One man in particular left his mark on the meeting: Martin Terrier, author of the first two goals in Rennes (16th, 71st).
Flavien Tait (72nd), Gerzino Nyamsi (81st) and Clément Grenier (90th + 1) concluded the work, facing a red lantern decidedly out of the way.
