Nice offers Monaco in the derby, Toulouse loses again

Nice, who overturned Monaco (2-1) in the Côte d'Azur derby in extremis, scored precious points in the race for Europe on Saturday during the 28^e day of Ligue 1, while Toulouse, red lantern, recorded a new defeat against Dijon (2-1).

The Côte d'Azur derby has long been undecided, between strikes repelled by the uprights and muscular duels. And then Kasper Dolberg spoke his talent until the end of additional time: led 1-0 until the hour of play, the Aiglons overthrew their rival thanks to a saving double from their Danish striker (59th, 90+ 3).

Consequence, Nice (6^e, 41 points) jumped in the standings, while ASM (9^e, 40 points) remains far from European places, while its direct competitors Montpellier, Lyon, Lille and Rennes have the opportunity to widen the gap on Sunday.

The inevitable Wissam Ben Yedder, author of his 18^e league goal, thought he had done the hard part by opening the scoring just before half-time (1-0, 32^e). Perfectly launched in depth by Tiémoué Bakayako, the French international defeated Walter Benitez with a magnificent prick. In the process, Stevan Jovetic saw the crossbar prevent him from scoring the goal of the break with a heavy strike (36^e). The turning point of the match.

Because after returning from the locker room, the sharper Aiglons managed to equalize thanks to their Danish striker Kasper Dolberg (1-1, 59^e). At the end of the match, Benitez was again saved by his amounts on a strike from Golovin (89^e) … then Dolberg appeared out of nowhere to slip the hazardous center of Claude-Maurice into the opposing nets (93^e).

Metz and Dijon give each other air

A result that does the business of Reims, which returns to the two clubs on the French Riviera by hoisting the 5^e place in the standings with his victory against Brest (1-0). The two major architects of this success? Predrag Rajkovic, radiant goalkeeper who notably rejected a penalty (29^e), and El Bilal Touré, decisive scorer in stride (37^e) at only 18 years old.

At the bottom of the table, Metz and Dijon carried out the other good operations of the evening. The Messins dominated Nîmes (2-1) to repel a rival in the race for maintenance in L1. Thanks to this precious success, the Garnets (15^e, 34 pts) relegate the Crocodiles (18^e, 27 pts) at seven lengths.

For its part, Dijon (16^e, 30 pts) did not miss the opportunity to inflict in Toulouse (20^e, 13 pts) sa 21^e defeat of the season to also get some air in the standings. Nantes (12^e, 37 pts), defeated by Angers (2-0), failed to switch to the first part of the ranking, unlike his opponent.