Paris (AFP)

Disillusions followed, Sunday afternoon in Ligue 1: Bordeaux, in great financial uncertainty, continued to sink sportingly, like Dijon, relegated to Ligue 2 while Montpellier, beaten by Nice (3-1), has seen Europe move away before the Lyon-Lille summit (9:00 p.m.).

After the announcement of the withdrawal of their owner, the King Street investment fund, Bordeaux hoped to raise its head on the ground ... It was quite the opposite, on the lawn of Lorient, with a 4-1 defeat ended in the nervousness of assistant coach Ghislain Printant, excluded at the end of the match.

Strangled and unresponsive, the Girondins, placed under the protection of the commercial court since this week in order to avoid bankruptcy, chain a fifth defeat in a row.

Threatened with administrative relegation if no solution is found for the resumption of the club, the Girondins will also have to worry about their classification, four days from the end, with an alarming 16th place.

"That makes us one cartridge less, there are four left. We will give more. We have to manage to sort things out, we have to protect ourselves from what is happening above, that will help us. make stronger, "responded defender Paul Baysse at the microphone of Canal +.

They are nevertheless already assured that there is only one direct relegation place to be allocated: won for weeks, Dijon was officially relegated after its defeat in Rennes (5-1).

The DFCO has indeed an impossible delay on Nantes and Nîmes, 18th and 19th respectively with 31 points.

- Final sprint -

The Crocodiles sank on the ground of a candidate for the European Cups, Lens (2-1), despite the red card inflicted on Lensois Issiaga Sylla after an extremely spectacular - but involuntary - spike in the arcade of Renaud Ripart, who must have had six stitches immediately ...

The other team most in danger in the race to maintain, Nantes, has managed to relaunch on the ground of Strasbourg, thanks to a stunning victory (2-1), which puts the Canaries at the height of the Nîmes and promises four last days of stress.

Ligue 1 can now look to the top of its rankings, where points are as expensive as they are at the bottom.

Montpellier lost precious, early in the afternoon, beaten by a convincing team from Nice led by Alexis Claude-Maurice, scorer and passer (3-1).

The Montpellier, now nine points behind the 5th place held by Lens, risk having to say goodbye to any chance of qualifying for a European Cup, even if they can hope to achieve it if they win the Coupe de France .

Better placed, Rennes moved closer to 5th place, with a third consecutive victory which places it in 7th place, one length from Marseille, winner of Reims (3-1) on Friday, and two from Lens.

A cut above, Paris SG, leader with two points ahead of Lille, four over Monaco and five over Lyon, will look closely at the Monegasque performance in Angers (5:05 p.m.), and especially the Lyon-Lille shock (9:00 p.m.) , crucial in the title race.

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