If Lille did not suffer the same fate against Troyes (2-1), it owes it to its striker Jonathan David, who equalized and caused a goal against his camp of Jimmy Giraudon to sign the second victory in a row for Losc and confirm the resurgence of the champion of France.

Historical.

Brest signed its very first victory at the Vélodrome and extended the most beautiful winning streak in its history in L1: six.

OM opened the scoring, however, with Gerson's second goal (29th) of the week, but Brest returned on a penalty, transformed by Romain Faivre (53rd), for a hand from Boubacar Kamara on a volley from Romain Del Castillo.

The joy of Brazilian midfielder from Marseille, Gerson, congratulated by his teammate Amine Harit, after opening the scoring at home against Brest, during the 17th day of Ligue 1, December 4, 2021 at the Stade Vélodrome Christophe SIMON AFP

Then Michel Der Zakarian's men took the advantage on a backlash concluded by a strike from Franck Honorat under the bar (70th).

Here they are sixth in L1 while waiting for Sunday's matches.

Dingomé's flight

Marseille (29 points) remains second but its place is in danger Sunday with the matches of Rennes (28 pts) in Saint-Étienne and Nice (27 pts) against Strasbourg.

Even Lens (26 pts) can double OM, but on condition of beating PSG by two goals ...

Le Losc suffered for a long time against Troyes, cold picked by the magnificent Trojan goal, an outside of the left wing of Tristan Dingomé (6th), which left the Lille defense and its goalkeeper Ivo Grbic speechless.

The Trojan midfielder Tristan Dingomé opens the scoring against Lille, during the 17th day of Ligue 1, December 4, 2021 at the Pierre-Mauroy Stadium in Villeneuve-d'Ascq DENIS CHARLET AFP

L1 top scorer Jonathan David equalized (48th), scoring his 11th league goal this season.

The Canadian once again forced fate by causing the csc of the Aube defender, who countered and deflected his cross into the goal.

With this unfortunate gesture of Giraudon, the draw of Troyes will not take place.

The Canadian striker from Lille, Jonathan David (c), congratulated by his teammates, after having equalized (1-1) against Troyes, during the 17th day of Ligue 1, December 4, 2021 at the Pierre-Mauroy Stadium in Villeneuve -d'Ascq DENIS CHARLET AFP

Lille seems to find the "mojo".

This success comes after his convincing victory in Rennes (2-1) on Wednesday, which followed six games without a win in L1.

But the Mastiffs also won two Champions League matches over the period to take the lead in their group.

Jocelyn Gourvennec's men go back to 7th place, just behind Brest, and have been full of confidence before going to Wolfsburg on Wednesday to qualify for the 8th finals of C1.

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