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Neymar and Eduardo Camavinga who burst the screen, André Villas-Boas who reinvents Marseille, Lyon which does not make recipe ... In the intermission, the soap of Ligue 1 delivered its first dramas, with a duo of headliners PSG-OM and unexpected adventures.

The best actor: Neymar

"Happy end" for Neymar in Paris? Cold with the supporters by dint of rehashing his nostalgia for Barcelona, ​​the man who was worth 222 million euros has returned to the spectacular gestures that had prompted PSG to bet on him in 2017.

"I see a real desire on his part to make himself available to the team," said sports director Leonardo.

Dribbles, centers, overlaps: "Ney" (8 goals in L1) finally appears as a star worthy of the three-star PSG cast, which has a formidable trio with also Kylian Mbappé (11 goals) and the excellent recruit Mauro Icardi (9 goals).

And it is the influence of the L1 that benefits.

The best screenwriter: Villas-Boas

He rewrote history: in a few months in Marseille, André Villas-Boas managed to get OM out of its torpor and grab second place at the halfway point, behind the untouchable Parisian rival.

To seduce the demanding Marseille public, weaned from fine play since Marcelo Bielsa (2014-2015), "AVB" succeeded. With outspokenness in front of the press, daring tactical choices and above all an ability to make sad players want again.

Dimitri Payet and Dario Benedetto revived the attack despite a serious injury for Florian Thauvin. And in defense, the transformation is spectacular, with Steve Mandanda who again deserves his captain's armband, and Jordan Amavi again sharp. What to find the Champions League next year?

The best hope: Camavinga

At only 17 years old, Eduardo Camavinga is already on the front of the stage, piling up the records of precocity with Rennes, surprising third in the truce.

Youngest player ever aligned by the Breton club, the nugget burst the screen on this first part of the season. And, just naturalized French, the player born in Angola already has his place in the France hopes team ... while dreaming of an A call that would make him the youngest Blue since the post-war period.

Under contract until 2022, Camavinga could well bring back a nice fortune in Rennes if a big European team broke its piggy bank: the French press already evokes an interest of Real Madrid.

The Best Director: Ben Yedder

Top scorer in Ligue 1, Wissam Ben Yedder carries AS Monaco at arm's length, yet weighed down by recurring defensive problems.

After three seasons at the top in Seville, the French international keeps an impressive efficiency: already 13 league goals, including a double Saturday against Lille (5-1).

"I have no limits, I always try to do more and continue to score," said the former Toulousain. With the line of sight of the center of the Blues at Euro-2020.

The belly: Lyon in the soft belly

A coach landed in October, a classification in the soft belly and a workforce weighed down by injuries: Lyon is living a sluggish season.

The miraculous qualification for a knockout round of the Champions League in February-March against Juventus Turin does not deceive anyone: the second budget of Ligue 1, twelfth at mid-championship, is not up to its ambitions, as l showed the sad 1-1 draw on Saturday in Reims.

Above all, the team of Rudi Garcia suffered a terrible fate with the serious injuries of Memphis Depay (14 goals in 18 games) and the hope Jeff Reine-Adelaide.

And here is the sports director Juninho forced to recruit "one player per line" in the winter transfer window to try to bounce back ...

The Black Series: Dark Toulouse

"We are offering a show that is not worthy of the price paid": when the President of Toulouse offers supporters to reimburse their subscriptions, it is because things are bad: for the Toulouse red lantern, it is a free fall .

Worst defense of the championship, deprived of its best player Max-Alain Gradel, Téfécé sacked Alain Casanova in October. But the club has just chained nine defeats in a row with his successor Antoine Kombouaré ... in turn on an ejection seat after a new 3-0 setback Saturday in Nice.

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