Paris (AFP)
Monaco battled before snatching the draw (2-2) against Reims for the first of Niko Kovac on his bench, Sunday during the first day of Ligue 1, still dominated by Angers before the last three matches of the weekend .
Far from Lisbon where Paris SG is preparing to challenge Bayern Munich in the Champions League final (9:00 p.m.), Ligue 1 continued its comeback with a spectacular match on the Rock.
AS Monaco and their new coach Niko Kovac gave a first glimpse of their offensive power by multiplying the chances, but Reims, qualified this season for the preliminary rounds of the Europa League, showed icy opportunism.
Led 2-0, the partners of Wissam Ben Yedder had to whip until the end to catch up, thanks to their two central defenders, the former ... Rémois Axel Disasi (45th + 3) and the young Benoit Badiashile , author of a sensational sequence to equalize (55th).
Which makes three draws in four games since the restart of Ligue 1 after a five-month break due to the coronavirus. Only Angers, winner 1-0 in Dijon on Saturday, therefore has three points and is at the top of the standings, two units ahead of Monaco and Reims, but also Lille and Rennes, who neutralized each other on Saturday night (1-1).
Due to the postponement of the Marseille match for five suspected Covid-19 within the Marseille club, and the rescheduling of those of Paris SG and Lyon due to the Champions League, only three matches remain on the week's program. -end.
Lens will return to the elite after nine years of absence on the Nice pitch (5 p.m.), after Lorient-Strasbourg (3 p.m.) and Nîmes-Brest (3 p.m.), a match whose outcome has long been uncertain due to four cases of Covid-19 in the Nîmes workforce.
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