Dijon (AFP)

FC Nantes, 18th and barrage, won its fourth consecutive victory Sunday on the field of the red lantern, Dijon (4-0) during the 37th and penultimate day of Ligue 1, and will play a "final" for his direct maintenance Sunday at Beaujoire against Montpellier.

Taking advantage of the defeat of Nîmes (19th) against Lyon (5-2), the Nantes residents, who faced a harmless and already condemned opponent, and who will have won only once in their stadium this season, beaten fifteen times in their last sixteen league games, have five points more than the Crocodiles, thus assured of relegation.

But victory is imperative for the Canaries on the occasion of this real final that they have given themselves the right to play against Montpellier, to win their maintenance.

Because with forty points, they should take advantage of the direct confrontations between Strasbourg (15th) and Lorient (17th), both of which are one step ahead of the FCN, or between Reims (13th, 42 pts) and Bordeaux (14th). , 42 pts) with the benefit of the goal difference over the Girondins (-7 against -15).

Nantes can also consider overtaking Brest (16th, 41 pts) obviously in great danger against Paris Saint-Germain.

- Double by Kolo Muani -

A headed goal by Kalifa Coulibaly, scored in the 6th minute after a corner from the left by Moses Simon, quickly put Nantes in the right direction.

And subsequently, the Canaries controlled the game even if they did not have possession of the ball (70% -30%), of which the Dijonnais were however unable to do much in the first period, even if the goalkeeper Alban Laffont had to win in front of Moussa Konaté (13).

Randal Kolo Muani still brought the score to 2-0 after an initial action from Simon (32).

In the second half, the Dijonnais dominated more clearly and created opportunities such as an attempt by Glody Ngonda countered by Sébastien Corchia (49) or Jacques Siwe with a shot repelled by Dennis Appiah (51).

Laffont also deflected two shots from Mama Baldé and Konaté (75, 77) but once again, offensive ineffectiveness was a recurring problem for Dijon cracked at the end.

Ludovic Blas scored a third goal by taking a beautiful cross from Kolo Muani (90 + 1) who brought the final score to 4-0 after eliminating goalkeeper Saturnin Allagbé (90 + 3) for his seventh goal this season.

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