After having conceded its first two defeats in the league in the last three meetings, the capital club this time conceded a draw in the dying moments at home, overtaken by English striker Folarin Bolagun (90th + 6).

This result is embarrassing for coach Christophe Galtier and his players, especially since they had the opportunity to take a five-point lead over their runner-up Lens, also hanging on Saturday in Troyes (1-1).

But it is not illogical, as the Parisians struggled in the game, despite the presence of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappé at kick-off.

Entering the field at half-time with the mission of making the Parisian game more fluid, the Italian Marco Verratti was excluded in the 59th minute for a dangerous tackle on Junya Ito, another sign of the complicated evening for PSG.

Opposite, the Rémois played with envy and audacity, not hesitating to restart from their own half of the field, even under pressure from Paris, witness to their good form since the arrival at the controls of Will Still on October 13.

Paris had found the fault through Neymar, happy to see the ball return to his feet after a deflected strike from Messi (51st), but that was not enough to win, nor to reassure.

Lyon and Nice forward

Before that, Olympique Lyonnais played a paradoxical match in Ajaccio.

Dominated in the game and in the number of clear chances, the Lyonnais won by a comfortable gap (2-0), ending a series of three games without a win.

Lyonnais Rayan Cherki and Nicolas Tagliafico congratulate Alexnadre Lacazette, scorer in Ajaccio, January 29, 2023 © Pascal POCHARD-CASABIANCA / AFP

It was the Lyon team that put the club on the right track: well offset by Maxence Caqueret (22 years old), Bradley Barcola (20 years old) served the young midfielder Johann Lepenant (20 years old), who concluded with application ( 20th).

Captain Alexandre Lacazette then doubled the lead by taking over an ideal cross from Nicolas Tagliafico (71st).

The meeting ended in confusion, when a scuffle broke out, first involving Ajaccio coach Olivier Pantaloni and Lyon goalkeeper coach Rémy Vercoutre, then the two staffs and even the Corsican supporters.

Nice won a match with a similar scenario at the start of the afternoon against Lille (7th).

Losc failed to score despite four face-to-face encounters with goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, all-powerful to save his goals, especially against Rémy Cabella (25th and 27th) and Timothy Weah (31st).

It was finally Gaëtan Laborde who allowed the OGCN to open the scoring after this storm (34th), served by the young Badredine Bouanani (18), born and trained in Lille, who had taken advantage of a pass completely missed by... Cabella, definitely not successful.

Nice striker Gaëtan Laborde, scorer against Lille, at the Allianz Riviera, January 29, 2023 © Valery HACHE / AFP

Nice has a third game without defeat (two wins) since the arrival on the bench of Didier Digard, but is tenth (28 points), six points from the Mastiffs and nine from Rennes.

Sad record of Angers

On the other hand, it is the maintenance that Montpellier, Brest, Angers, Auxerre and Strasbourg are aiming for, who all played during the 3 p.m. multiplex.

Montpellier managed to win (2-0), in a crucial meeting against AJA, a direct competitor.

A double from Stephy Mavididi, with a beautiful curled shot (61st) then against (79th), allowed the Montpellier residents to take a five-point lead over the red zone.

On the contrary, Strasbourg is again sunk there by losing at home against Toulouse (2-1).

Racing led thanks to Kevin Gameiro (19th) but folded in front of Thijs Dallinga (24th and 50th).

The end of the match was like the Strasbourg season: frustrating, to the point of seeing Gameiro receive a red card for kicking Stijn Spierings (90th + 3).

The situation is even more desperate in Angers, which has chained a twelfth consecutive defeat, this time in Brest (4-0), another club in difficulty, equaling the record jointly held by the Cercle athlétique Paris (1933-1934) and Dijon (2020 -2021).v

Franck Honorat scores for Brest against Angers, January 29, 2023 at the Francis-Le-Blé stadium © JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER / AFP

The SCO, which sold its Moroccan midfielder Azzedine Ounahi to Olympique de Marseille this weekend, is last with only eight points, behind Auxerre (13 points), Ajaccio and Strasbourg (15), and Brest (18).

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