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Ligue 1: PSG, Lens, Lorient, three goals per game, arbitration... our results for the first fifteen days...

2022-11-14T13:04:03.414Z


Ligue 1 having pressed pause to make way for the World Cup in Qatar, this is an opportunity to remember the beautiful things and to


A main character embodied by PSG, leading supporting roles, endearing actors and "suitcases" of goals moved from stadium to stadium... As every season, opus 21 of the "Ligue 1" series has since offered beginning of August a rather exciting scenario.

Without forgetting, its lot of left behind and contrary events.

While waiting for December 28, for an unprecedented recovery between Christmas and New Year's Day, we submit to you what we liked and disliked so far this season.

WE LOVED...

The invincibility of PSG

In the standings, Paris has already taken the lead (5 points over Lens) and seems to be sailing towards its 11th league title.

But, without shouting it from the rooftops of the capital, Christophe Galtier's PSG has set itself the additional objective of finishing the season undefeated.

Challenge that no French team has ever achieved so far and that only rare foreign teams have fulfilled - AC Milan (1992), Arsenal (2004) and Juventus (2012).

The @PSG_inside will therefore pass the truce in the lead đŸ„‡ with a lead of 5 points over the @RCLens đŸ„ˆ and 10 over the @staderennais đŸ„‰!



Are you satisfied with the rank of your team đŸ€”?



📊 Ranking in detail ➡ https://t.co/9yDTVYsaoX pic.twitter.com/eD59yF8CuM

— Ligue 1 Uber Eats (@Ligue1UberEats) November 13, 2022

In Paris, the longest series of invincibility amounts to 26 games, under GĂ©rard Houllier in 1986, the year of the first title.

What consequences will the World Cup, the course in the Champions League and the content of its transfer window have on the performance of PSG?

Mystery.

But Lens-PSG on Sunday January 1 already makes you really want to.

The good surprises of Lens and Lorient

Long live the "small" teams that have been shaking up the big teams since August!

Thank you Lens for this permanent movement game and the pre-eminence of the collective.

Hats off to having retained Seko Fofana, one of L1's flagship players, if only for a few additional months.

Bravo for the victories in Monaco (4-1) and Marseille (1-0).

Congratulations on the successes in front of Rennes (2-1), Lorient (5-2) and Lyon (1-0) in a Bollaert stadium where the fervor and communion between players and supporters plead for an immediate return to the European scene, after two 7th places in a row.

And too bad for the affront of the derby lost to Lille (1-0), the only setback for the Sang et Or - the only L1 team with a single defeat.

And what about FC Lorient, sluggish 16th in the standings the last two seasons, and 5th at the break?

What a good iodized surprise than that of the team coached by RĂ©gis Le Bris, 46, new to L1.

The Hakes have been marking time in recent weeks, but they have squatted the podium for a while, thanks to successes in Rennes, Lyon, Nantes or Lille.

Chef Le Bris' recipe for hake?

Experience behind, young people in front - Le Fée, Théo Le Bris, Ponceau, Ouattara - a scorer, Terem Moffi (9 goals), pressing and a quick transition game.

The Lorient striker is the most prolific African player in the 5 major European championships in 2022/23.

đŸ’Ș#RCSAFCL (1-1) pic.twitter.com/0QlAz2Av2z

— Ligue 1 Uber Eats (@Ligue1UberEats) November 13, 2022

See goals

Since August, we have seen goals in quantity and everyone is delighted.

With 444 goals, the current year is a very good year, 20 points higher than the previous season (414) and better than the totals of recent previous seasons.

On average, every game ends with at least three goals (2.96).

Only seven meetings ended in a 0-0, or in 5% of cases.

Hope it lasts


The arrival of Laurent Blanc at OL

Lyon is doing a bit of a job in 8th place, but proof that it is not resigned to playing second fiddle, the club managed to snatch Laurent Blanc from his retirement to succeed Peter Bosz at the start of October.

Four-time champion - three times with PSG, one with Bordeaux - the 56-year-old "President", who has not trained in Europe since leaving PSG in 2016, will show what he is capable of after six years of training. inactivity at this level of competition.

WE DIDN'T LIKE...

Too many red cards

Enough is enough.

From the start of the championship, the referees rained down cards, especially yellow and red.

16 reds over the first three days, 34 after eight days, 43 after 11 days
 The French referees were suspected of applying the pre-season instructions too zealously, still fresh at the end of the summer.

In its defense, the refereeing body argued that it was working for the protection of players, in terms of injuries, and the protection of the authority of the referee, too often heckled.

The men in black also argued that this special season with four relegated had created additional tensions.

Fortunately, things normalized over the days.

This Monday, the total number of red cards (57) exceeds those of recent years but not as much.

The disappointing course of Nice

Nice, mediocre 9th, looks like Formula 1 stuck at the back of the grid.

The powerful Ineos group, owner of the club, certainly expected better from the Montpellier duo Delort-Laborde reformed on the Riviera, Nicolas Pépé from Arsenal, Sofiane Diop, goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, with coach Lucien Favre back in charge. .

However, the Aiglons, qualified for the 1/8th of the Europa Conference League, seem to show a slight improvement with six games without defeat.

The galley of Strasbourg and the shipwreck of Angers

After Saint-Etienne, Metz and Bordeaux relegated last season, two historic clubs, Strasbourg and Angers are taking on the water this season.

Dashing 6th in May, Strasbourg (18th with 10 points) cannot take off.

Aborted transfers (Djiku and Ajorque), failed transfer window, injuries, bad luck, Racing is not in the race.

He was the last team to record a victory, on the 10th day, in Angers (3-2) at the beginning of October.

However, Julien Stephan, kept on the bench, has a chance of carrying out the maintenance operation.

On the other hand, a leaden screed seems to weigh on Angers who remain on seven defeats in a row.

The venerable SCO has settled in last place and seems unable to move from it, except to go down to Ligue 2.

Source: leparis

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