Paris (AFP)

If Marseille, thanks to Dimitri Payet, spends quiet days as the dolphin of Paris SG, it is lively behind: Monaco returned to 5th place, while Nîmes detaches from the red zone, Saturday during the 24th day of Ligue 1.

. Payet saves OM (twice)

Dimitri Payet does it again: already decisive in Saint-Etienne (2-0) on Wednesday, the Reunionese playmaker scored again, his 8th goal in the Championship this season, to maintain, against Toulouse (1-0), the excellent dynamics of OM, solid dolphin of PSG.

His beautiful strike from 25 meters (51st) - "a moment of genius!" for coach André Villas-Boas - enabled the Phocaeans to have a 16th consecutive game without defeat, in all competitions.

With eight points ahead of their pursuer Rennes, their team is getting a little closer to the Champions League, which the club has not disputed for six years.

But it can make its supporters dream, as of Wednesday, during the quarter-final of the Coupe de France in Lyon, the great rival.

. Unsinkable Monaco, discreet Rennes

The day after the surprise departure of its president Olivier Létang who created a shock wave, Rennes found a little calm thanks to their draw against Brest (0-0) which keeps it on the podium.

World champion Steven Nzonzi, recruited at the end of the winter transfer window and entered the game, signed a discreet start with the Rennes jersey.

It was Lille, winner at Angers on Friday (2-0), who carried out the best operation with a view to Europe, by moving to a point behind Rennes.

Mention also for Monaco, who managed a holdup in Amiens (2-1) to take 5th place. After the magnificent equalization of Wissam Ben Yedder (85th), Islam Slimani (90th) delivered the final blow of a symbolic goal for the one who asked to leave in January.

With his Algerian well in place, and in good shape, will Robert Moreno's team be able to finally get started?

But the competition does not give up, like Bordeaux which overthrew Metz (2-1) to interfere in 6th place.

Montpellier (7th), against Saint-Etienne (3:00 p.m.), Reims (9th), Strasbourg (5:00 p.m.), or Lyon (8th), at Paris SG (9:00 p.m.), can also make a successful move on Sunday.

. The big blow of Nîmes, Dijon is angry

If the Toulouse red lantern, which has taken only one point out of the last 42 possible, is drifting towards Ligue 2, behind, the other teams threatened with relegation have not let go of the bar.

Nîmes, barragiste, had a third success in a row in Nice (3-1) thanks to Loïck Landre (43rd), Romain Philippoteaux (53rd) and Moussa Koné (90th).

The first win outside the Crocos season took them away from the red zone because, at the same time, Amiens (19th at four points) lost.

The return of Nîmes is also bad news for Metz (16th) and Dijon (17th), who have led the score three times against Nantes, but were unable to win (3-3).

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