Paris (AFP)

The dolphin of Ligue 1 is on the water! Marseille was Tuesday a fifth victory in rank, against Angers (2-0) who fell from the podium in favor of Bordeaux, executioner of Nimes (6-0) despite the sling of his ultras.

The 16th day, also marked by the slap imposed on Strasbourg by Brest (5-0), will continue in the evening with the clash between Lyon and Lille, two teams neck to neck (22 points each).

Worn by Dimitri Payet, OM rebuffed the threat of a team from Angers who followed him in the standings before the match. And here are the men of Andre Villas-Boas returned just two points from the leader PSG, whose last match Sunday in Monaco was postponed and receives Nantes Wednesday.

The Portuguese coach had chosen the same eleven holders than against Brest (2-1) Friday and the result was right. In this classic cast, Payet played the first role: the Reunion launched a quick free-kick Morgan Sanson for the opener (17th), before doubling the penalty spot (41st) after a foul on Hiroki Sakai , injured on the action and replaced at the break.

The scenario could have been quite different if the head of Pierrick Capelle (15th) had hit home, but Steve Mandanda has made sure.

The end of the season is still a long way off, but Marseille keeps pace at the championship outpost, having dominated Lille, Lyon, Toulouse and Brest. Sunday at the Vélodrome, the dolphin of PSG will have a new poster to play against Bordeaux, third with five points less.

- crazy party in Bordeaux -

The Girondins went through all the emotions on Tuesday, swept between the sling of their ultra supporters at the beginning of the match and the euphoria of a big victory that made them climb onto the podium, thanks to a better goal difference. to Angers.

The evening was marked by the anger of their ultras, prevented from deploying a banner hostile to the club management, with whom they have been in conflict for several weeks. About 20 of them went to the edge of the lawn to protest, which resulted in the interruption of the game for nearly half an hour.

Goalkeeper Benoît Costil turned into a negotiator, the players were sent back to the locker room and the club management finally gave in. The banner of the discord appeared in a platform: "Against King Street and its two puppets: Longuépée and Thiodet".

A hundred or so Ultramarines, the main group of supporters of the Girondins, had already invited Friday at the club headquarters to demand the resignation of the president delegate Frédéric Longuépée and the ticket manager Antony Thiodet, in a context of distrust of the shareholder American King Street.

On the field, the team of Paulo Sousa did not seem marked by this rather surreal episode. The victory came from the feet of the young Nigerian striker Josh Maja (20 years old), author of an amazing treble (26th, 37th, 53rd), then Nicolas De Préville (58) and Otavio (76th, 87th).

Being on the podium, "it's anecdotal" at this stage of the season, tried to relativize Laurent Koscielny on BeIn. "You have to stay calm and keep working".

Nîmes is on his side left Gironde head down, taped to the 19th place. The Crocodiles could even slip to the last row if Toulouse, the red lantern, was to neutralize or beat Monaco on Wednesday.

The other box of the evening is to the credit of Brest and his surprise gunner Cristian Battocchio. Often a substitute, the Italian-Argentinean side scored ... his first three goals in Ligue 1 (45th + 1, 53rd, 75th), against a Strasbourg team suffering in 15th place.

Results of the 16th day:

Tuesday

Bordeaux - Nimes 6 - 0

Brest - Strasbourg 5 - 0

Angers - Marseille 0 - 2

(21h05) Lyon - Lille

Wednesday

(19h00) Dijon - Montpellier

Metz - Rennes

Toulouse - Monaco

Amiens - Reims

Saint-Etienne - Nice

(21h05) Paris SG - Nantes

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