Paris, forgiveness will take time

Leader of L1 with 15 points in advance with ten days of the end, winner 3-0 of the red lantern Bordeaux, Paris however lived a strange afternoon in front of its public, angry after the elimination in the Champions League.

The ultras of PSG had warned, calling on Saturday the management to "resign", a first since the arrival of the Qatari owners in 2011. And they loudly whistled the Parisian superstars, disappointing Wednesday against Real Madrid (1-0, 1 -3).

Messi and Neymar, in particular, have been booed, which hasn't happened often in the Argentinian's storied career, a seven-time Ballon d'Or winner.

Only Kylian Mbappé was spared the whistles and it was he who opened the scoring on Sunday on an action initiated by Messi (24th).

A banner "Mbappé in Paris, Leonardo in the pillory", calling for the extension of the French striker's contract, which will end in June, and to sanction the Brazilian sporting director Leonardo, was deployed in the stands.

When it was Neymar who scored, again on a penultimate pass from Messi, the whistles redoubled (52nd), before the third goal, signed Leandro Paredes (61st).

"We are all affected, we understand the disappointment and frustration, which we also share," commented coach Mauricio Pochettino.

The end of the season promises to be long for Paris, to whom the title seems promised, but also for Bordeaux, stuck in last place.

Rennes unleashed in Lyon, acrobatic Strasbourg

Sacred reunion between Lyon and Bruno Genesio, now coach of Rennes: the Breton club, second best attack in L1, stifled OL (4-2) by their pressing and their offensive vivacity.

Already beaten by the Lyonnais 4-1 in the first leg, the Rennais have risen to the third step of the provisional podium (49 pts) while waiting for the Marseille match (47 pts) in Brest in the evening (8:45 p.m.).

In Décines-Charpieu, we only saw red and black for a long time with a festival signed Benjamin Bourigeaud (11th), Baptiste Santamaria (13th), Lovro Majer (45th + 1) and Martin Terrier with a clear strike against his former club (49th).

Benjamin Bourigeaud launches Rennes towards an easy success on the lawn of Lyon, March 13, 2022 JEFF PACHOUD AFP

And even an own goal from Hamari Traoré (59th) then a penalty converted by Moussa Dembélé (82nd) ​​did not revive OL (10th, 41 pts), whose podium objective is complicated …

On the other hand, Strasbourg can continue to believe in it: Julien Stéphan's team took advantage of a splendid acrobatic return from Alexander Djiku (24th) to tame Monaco (1-0), plagued by doubt after their 2-0 defeat in Braga on Thursday in the round of 16 first leg of the Europa League.

- Strong nerves in Lorient, Angers weighed down -

In the race to maintain, relief for Lorient, who won 2-0 at Clermont while keeping his nerves in this duel between poorly ranked.

While the promoted Clermontois dominated, the Hakes hit by Ibrahima Koné (72nd) then Léo Pétrot (76th) to return to 17th place (27 pts), a short length from the Auvergnats (16th, 28 pts).

Nothing is going well for Angers (14th, 29 pts), who chained a seventh consecutive defeat by losing at home against Reims (1-0), weighed down by a new gag goal conceded by goalkeeper Danijel Petkovic, guilty of having let slip between his legs an innocuous ball from Alexis Flips (24th).

Valuable victory for the Lorient people on the lawn of Clermont Foot, March 13, 2022 THIERRY ZOCCOLAN AFP

Metz, weaned from victory since mid-January, for its part stumbled on Lens (0-0), its fourth draw on this score in six days.

The Lorraine club remains 19th (23 pts) but nibbles a point vis-à-vis Bordeaux (20th, 22 pts).

And the fight to save themselves promises to be intense over the last ten days...

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