Paris was surprised in Lorient in the last minutes and lost 3-2, Sunday January 31 for the 22e Ligue 1 day. In the standings, the Parisians remain one point behind Olympique Lyonnais, winner of Bordeaux (2-1), Friday.
Lille, which receives Dijon at the end of the afternoon, can once again settle at the top of Ligue 1 in the event of victory. On Saturday, the match between Marseille and Rennes was postponed due to incidents the same day at the Marseille training center.
Everything seemed to be going well for Paris before the last ten minutes against Lorient. Without being brilliant, the Parisians had done the job to lead 2-1 thanks to a double from Neymar from the penalty spot (2-1). But the Lorient, reinvigorated after their victory on the wire against Dijon in a late match Wednesday (3-2), overturned them in two stages. First thanks to Yoane Wissa, at the conclusion of a one-two with Terem Moffi. Then by the same Terem Moffi, in extra time, taking advantage of the rise to the forefront of all the Parisian players on a set piece, in the hope of snatching victory.
This is the first defeat of the Argentinian Mauricio Pochettino since his arrival at the beginning of January on the Parisian bench, despite the presence of the “Fantastic Four” (Neymar, Mbappé, Icardi, di Maria) at the kickoff.
For their part and despite the six points taken this week, the Lorientais remain barragists. Les Merlus have as many units as Nantes, 17e who plays against Monaco at the end of the day.
It was not a great game, but Claude Puel’s men are not going to complain about the end result. After being slightly domineering but too clumsy, the Stéphanois won in Nice on a goal at the very end of the match from substitute Charles Abi on a happy cross from Miguel Trauco.
A week after the humiliation in the derby against Lyon (5-0), and faced with the discontent of the supporters who had peacefully invaded the training center at Etrat on Saturday, the Greens put an end to a series of 18 matches without a win in Ligue 1.
Conversely, Nice is sinking a little deeper into the crisis. The Aiglons have not won at home in Ligue 1 since October 3, 2020, and despite the meanwhile sacking of coach Patrick Viera, they no longer find a solution. With 26 points, they almost said goodbye to a participation in a European Cup next year, despite a successful start to the season.
No one stops Metz! The Garnets followed with the manner a third consecutive victory and a fifth game without defeat against another surprise team of the season, Brest.
If the Bretons led twice, the Messins reacted quickly before taking off with three goals in the last twenty minutes of play. Ultimate satisfaction, the summer rookie, Vagner Dias, even scored his first goal by converting a penalty in additional time.
With this victory, Metz goes to 6th place in the standings, two points behind Rennes who could not play against Marseille on Saturday. Brest is 14th, 8 points ahead of the barrage place.
Stopped for three games, the Angevins did not miss the reception of Nîmes, last in the standings, to start again. Stéphane Moulin’s players exploited the mistakes of the Nîmes to take two goals in advance, and did not panic after the reduction of the penalty gap just before half-time. Before the hour mark, Loïs Dony gave his team two goals back and gave them a frightening end to the game.
In this match between two teams who are slowly recovering from their failed start to the season, Reims continued to build momentum. The Rémois sign a fifth victory in eight games thanks to a late goal from Dereck Kutesa, with a powerful strike. Shortly before, Strasbourg’s Adrien Thomasson had shot the bar, the third overall in a lively match.
Reims is undoubtedly moving away from the red zone definitively, at 12e square. Strasbourg, had the same number of points at kick-off, remain 15e six points from the red zone and will have to wait to hope for a calm end of the season.
