Angers confirmed their clear resumption of form by beating a Nantes team on Saturday 2-0 very far from their Marseille performance and which fell back to 12th place in Ligue 1. With this third victory in a row, Angers regains color after a big a vacuum at the start of the year, aggravated by the indictment of its president Saïd Chabane for sexual violence, and temporarily climbed to 10th place with 39 points, overtaking Nantes and possibly moving away from the relegation zone.
Supported by hundreds of supporters who came as neighbors and gathered in the visitors' parking lot, the Nantes players were the most enterprising at the start of the match, but the game remained closed for a long time, with some fine gestures, a lot of waste and very little thrills . "We have mastery of the game but we remain in a purr which does not allow us to unbalance the opponent. There is no creativity," regretted Nantes coach Christian Gourcuff.
The Riviera derby turns to the advantage of Nice
On the French Riviera, the derby between Nice and Monaco has long been undecided, between strikes repelled by the uprights and muscular duels. And then Kasper Dolberg spoke his talent until the end of additional time: led 1-0 until the hour of play, the Aiglons overthrew their rival thanks to a saving double from their Danish striker (59th, 90+ 3).
Consequently, Nice (6th, 41 points) jumps in the ranking, while ASM (9th, 40 pts) remains far from European places, while its direct competitors Montpellier, Lyon, Lille and Rennes have the opportunity to dig away Sunday.