Here are the Rennes, second in the standings, and here are the ghosts of Geoffroy-Guichard.

In the 1 p.m. match, the Bretons plunged the Greens back into doubts and in last place, thanks to a stunning Terrier hat-trick, including a delicious heel and a skylight.

Stade Rennais bounced back immediately after their midweek home defeat against Lille (2-1) and resumed their conquering march, however, a good distance from Paris SG, leader with eleven lengths in advance after their draw in Lens ( 1-1), Saturday.

This demonstration resulted in the sidelining of Claude Puel, who must meet his management on Monday.

He is the first Ligue 1 coach to be ousted.

The coach of Saint-Etienne, Claude Puel, during the home defeat of his team, beaten 5-0 by Rennes, on December 5, 2021 at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE AFP

After a resumption of two successes in early November, ASSE hits rock bottom with this third defeat in a row.

In a stadium with closed kops, sanctioning the behavior of some of its supporters, the Greens ended up under the "Olé!"

cruel of their public on the opposing passes.

Exciting Bordeaux-Lyon

Puel was ousted despite his status as the most experienced coach in L1 with 652 matches under management, the fifth in history (the first is Guy Roux, 894 matches).

Eighth on this list, Frédéric Antonetti heavily lost his 596th match on an L1 bench, Monaco having corrected his FC Metz (4-0).

ASM goes back to 7th place, with goals from Sofiane Diop, Kevin Volland (on penalty), Gelson Martins and Wissem Ben Yedder.

Other coaches are in trouble.

In Lyon, the principles of Peter Bosz are slow to spread, and his team is still very far from the podium, but it played an exciting match between two institutions on the verge of crisis.

His opponent Vladimir Petkovic, on the Girondins bench since this summer, just took the position of first non-relegation (17th), but could have won the match in the final seconds.

France's loser at the Euro with Switzerland has only taken two points since the end of October.

Nice still beaten

The worst defense of L1 (39 goals conceded) has cracked again.

OL scored with a header from Jason Denayer and a magnificent 25m strike from Thiago Mendes, his first in two and a half seasons at OL.

But the Girondins equalized twice, on a tackle from Rémi Oudin, a ball touched by defender Malo Gusto, and a face to face won by Honduran Alberth Elis in front of Anthony Lopes.

In Nice, Christophe Galtier, French champion with Lille, is not threatened, but his team still suffered against Strasbourg (3-0) his third defeat in a row at home, all without scoring a single goal.

The benefit of the good draw in midweek at Paris SG (0-0) was squandered.

The disappointment of the Nice players, Melvin Bard (on the ground) and Dante, beaten at home by Strasbourg, December 5, 2021 CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU AFP

The Niçois, unrecognizable, do not take advantage of the failure of Marseille on Saturday in front of Brest (2-1), and remain fourth.

OM saved their place on the podium.

Racing, in the wake of its 5-2 success against Bordeaux, took the opportunity to take 6th place, ahead of Monaco.

(26 points both).

Finally all is going very well for Michel Der Zakarian, who led Saturday Brest to a sixth victory in a row and the first in its history at the Vélodrome (2-1).

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