Paris (AFP)
Lyon painfully won the derby against Saint-Etienne (2-1), thanks to a double from Tino Kadewere, Sunday during the 10th day of Ligue 1, to get closer to the podium where the dauphin Lille fell, in Brest (3-2).
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Kadewere and Lyon have the wind in their sails
On the morning of the match, he said on TF1 that he had dreamed one night that he would score a double against Saint-Etienne.
Substitute at the kickoff, Tino Kadewere granted his own wish (65th, 74th) at the end of the game saving for OL.
Long dominated, and led after the csc of Anthony Lopes (40th), the Lyonnais came out in extremis from the trap of the Stéphanois, who will keep regrets of this short trip.
Denis Bouanga missed the equalizer penalty (87th).
Rudi Garcia's men go back to 5th place (17 pts), one point off the podium, thanks to this third success in four matches.
The Greens, who lost their sixth meeting in a row, fell to 15th place (10 pts).
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Lille stalls, Nice too
Last undefeated team of the Championship, on the momentum of its feat at AC Milan in the Europa League Thursday (3-0), Lille fell there we did not expect.
In a poorly classified, the Losc suffered the consequences of the efforts made at San Siro, during a first period which saw Brest take off (3-0 in the 42nd).
Burak Yilmaz's double (45th + 3 sp, 57th) did not mitigate "the big disappointment" felt by coach Christophe Galtier, who admits having chosen his starting XI badly.
But the Mastiffs have not lost everything: they keep their second place (19 pts), since Nice (8th, 17 pts) logically lost against Monaco (2-1).
By winning its first derby at the Allianz Riviera since 2015, ASM climbed to 6th place (17 pts), before receiving Paris SG on return from the truce.
PSG, which pocketed its 8th consecutive success in the Championship against Rennes (3-0) on Saturday, is the big winner at the top of the table, where it takes off (24 pts).
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Angers weighs anchor, Bollaert capsizes
From Lille to Nice, seven teams stand at two points.
Angers (9th, 16 pts) is not far either, after his great success in Nîmes (5-1) where Stéphane Bahoken scored a double (23rd, 56th), ten days after his conviction for domestic violence and traffic violation .
A point behind the SCO, Metz (10th, 15 pts) missed the opportunity to settle in the peloton, held in check by the red lantern Dijon (1-1).
The DFCO (20th, 4 pts), shaken this week by the dismissal of coach Stéphane Jobard and sports director Peguy Luyindula, pocketed his first point of the season away from home.
"I really liked the offensive momentum," said interim coach David Linarès.
Lens, deprived of competition for three weeks due to several cases of coronavirus in its workforce, keeps an eye on the top of the table.
The promoted Artesian pulled off a spectacular draw in stoppage time against Reims (4-4), which says a lot about his mental strength.
Florian Sotoca achieved an express double (90th, 90th + 1) to meet Rémois Boulaye Dia (54th, 81st), who became the top scorer in the Championship ahead of Kylian Mbappé (8 goals).
The Sang et Or are 11th (14 pts) but with two games less, when the Champenois remain in 16th place (9 pts).
At the bottom of the table, Nantes (14th, 11 pts) won an important match for the maintenance on the lawn of Lorient (2-0) thanks to Abdoul Kader Bamba (80th) and Ludovic Blas (83rd).
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