Paris (AFP)

Reims finally won its first victory of the season, Sunday in Montpellier (4-0), while waiting for Nice-Lille and Lyon-Monaco, the last two duels of an 8th day of Ligue 1 amputated from Lens-Nantes, postponed to cause of Covid-19.

Montpellier is not far from experiencing an ordeal since its last victory at the end of September: quickly reduced to nine against eleven after in particular a very bad gesture from Damien Le Tallec, the men of Michel Der Zakarian sank against the Rémois of Boulaye Dia, author of a hat-trick and new co-top scorer in L1.

For the Champenois, the highlight of the afternoon was still the sumptuous bicycle of Nathanael Mbuku (18) on the third goal, offering Reims a first victory of the season which is good for the 19th in the League. 1 (5 points).

In Bordeaux, the meeting took longer to settle for the second start in a row of Hatem Ben Arfa.

The first goal came from the former Parisian, with a penalty caused by "HBA" and transformed by Jimmy Briand, author of his 100th goal in the Championship (80th).

Rémi Oudin then doubled the bet against Nîmes (2-0), allowing Bordeaux to point to 8th place with 12 points.

- The Greens in the hard -

Lower in the rankings, Strasbourg was in dire need of success in Brest, after six defeats in seven Championship matches.

Striker Habib Diallo, recruited from Metz at the start of the month, has proven that he may be the right pick in the Alsatian transfer window, with a 2nd goal (and an assist) for his 2nd appearance with his new club , victorious in Brittany 3-0 and 18th in the standings.

Like Strasbourg, Saint-Etienne remained on three defeats in a row.

But the Greens, undermined by absences and forced to line up many young people, sank even lower, on the field of Metz (2-0).

The Mosellans pass in front of ASSE, with 11 points against 10 in the middle of the classification.

Ten points is still the total of Lyon, which awaits Monaco firmly on Sunday evening in the shock of this 8th day (9:00 p.m.), disputed behind closed doors because of the curfew.

By then, the two residents of the Europa League, Nice and Lille, face each other on the Côte d'Azur (5 p.m.) with the opportunity for Losc, the only French club involved in the European Cup to have won. this week, to take the lead of the standings at Paris SG.

The Parisians are indeed passed in front of a small unit after their great success against Dijon on Saturday (4-0), while Marseille won in Lorient (1-0).

The 8th day was struck by the pandemic with, for the first time since August, a meeting hit hard by the coronavirus: Lens-Nantes, initially scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on Sunday but postponed because of 11 players who tested positive in Lens, in addition to a handful of cases in Nantes.

The weekend was finally marked by the tributes addressed to Samuel Paty, the history professor beheaded in the middle of the street a few days ago, and Bruno Martini, the former international goalkeeper of AJ Auxerre who died this week, in 58 years old.

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