Lorient confirmed his excellent dynamic against Reims (1-0) on Saturday, to temporarily leave the place of play-off, opening the 24th day of Ligue 1. Midfielder Laurent Abergel scored the winning goal in the 52nd minute which makes climb Lorient to 17th place. 

Lorient confirmed its excellent dynamic against Reims (1-0) on Saturday, to temporarily leave the place of play-off, at the start of the 24th day of Ligue 1. While they only won two matches between October and the end of January, the Merlus have chained three victories in ten days.

After Dijon (3-2) and Paris SG (3-2), the renewal of Lorient continued under the sun of Morbihan, against Rémois without a solution against the defense of five proposed by Christophe Pélissier.

Lorient is no longer barrage  

All the results of the 24th day:

Saturday February 6


Lorient 1 - Reims 0

Lyon - Strasbourg

Lens - Rennes

Sunday February 7


Brest - Bordeaux

Nîmes - Monaco

Montpellier - Dijon

Saint-Etienne - Metz

Nice - Angers 

Nantes - Lille

Marseille - Paris SG

Midfielder Laurent Abergel, already decisive against PSG, scored the winning goal (52nd) with a beautiful shot wound from 25 meters.

Lorient, who took ten points out of the last twelve in play, thus climbs to 17th place (22 pts), while Reims remains in 12th place (28 pts).

Nantes (19 pts) inherits the uncomfortable clothes of barrage, which he will keep if he does not beat the leader Lille on Sunday.

The evening continues with Lyon-Strasbourg (7 p.m.), a victory offering OL the provisional first place, and Lens-Rennes (9 p.m.).