Nothing disturbs the men of Christophe Galtier.

Neither the few cases of Covid which affected the workforce, nor the departures for the CAN ... Not even the severe exclusion of Morgan Schneiderlin for a strong tackle from the 20th minute.

The Brestois ended the meeting disgusted, by the goalkeeper of the Gym Walter Benitez and by the cold realism of the three Riviera attackers, all scorers.

Kasper Dolberg (13th), Andy Delort (79th) and Amine Gouiri (90th + 4) successively scored to bring the total of Nice points to 36.

"With a lot of courage, self-sacrifice and intelligence, we were able to hold out," said coach Galtier.

"This victory is important for the dynamic, even more when there are so many absentees between the CAN and the Covid. It allows the group to exist".

Nice takes back its second place in Ligue 1, abandoned Friday in favor of Marseille after the Marseille victory in Bordeaux (1-0).

OM are passed on goal difference, on a consolidated podium behind Paris SG.

Indeed, a first gap seems to be created with the 4th, Rennes, beaten on the wire Saturday in Lens (1-0) and still blocked at 31 points.

Only Monaco (7th, 29 points) will be able to come a little closer to the top three at the end of the weekend, in the event of victory in Nantes later in the afternoon (5:05 p.m.).

Danish striker Kasper Dolberg, fighting with Brendan Chardonnet, opened the scoring for the Aiglons in Brest, January 9, 2022 DAMIEN MEYER AFP

Because the 20th day of Ligue 1 is disrupted by the wave of Covid-19 contaminations: three meetings - Lille-Lorient, Angers-Saint-Etienne and Montpellier-Troyes - have been postponed because of clusters detected among the Merlus, at the SCO and at the Estac.

Consequence: Sunday's multiplex only included two meetings, Clermont-Reims and Metz-Strasbourg.

In addition to a sad 0-0 in the first poster concerning two teams in the middle of the table, Strasbourg did not tremble to inflict on the Mosellans, 19th, their 10th loss of the season (2-0).

Ludovic Ajorque scored and provided an assist for Jean-Eudes Aholou.

Racing is 7th with 29 points.

The 20th day ends on Sunday (8.45 p.m.) with the PSG-Lyon shock, without Lionel Messi, recently affected by the Covid-19 like more than 100 L1 players since Christmas.

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