Europe 1 with AFP 7:51 p.m., January 01, 2023

Monaco came back to match Marseille by beating Brest (1-0) in the first matches of the 17th day of Ligue 1, Sunday, where Lyon were surprised at home by Clermont (1-0).

Thanks to a superb strike from Russian Aleksandr Golovin, the Principality club has 33 points, like OM, who play in Montpellier on Monday.

Monaco carried out the good operation of this day of Ligue 1 by dominating Brest on the smallest of scores (1-0).

Thanks to this result, ASM is back on the podium in Marseille. 

The podium, Olympique Lyonnais is still very far from it after its defeat against the Auvergnats, on a penalty at the end of the match from the Austrian Muhammed Cham (86th).

The revolution of the new coach, Laurent Blanc, is not advancing.

After their great victory in Brest (4-2), the Rhodanians took another step back, and were only 8th, closely followed by their winner of the day, two lengths behind.

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FC Nantes moves away from the red zone

While waiting for the shock at the top, the second, Lens, which receives the leader, Paris Saint-Germain (kick-off at 8:45 p.m.), and Monday's matches, FC Nantes (14th) has distanced itself from the area red by dominating Auxerre (18th) on a goal from Marcus Coco (1-0).

At the bottom of the standings, the SCO of Angers remains stuck in last place with a ninth defeat in a row, against the course of the game, against Lorient (2-1), revived after six games without a win.

At the Raymond-Kopa stadium in Angers, the stands were very sparse for this unusual day of January 1.

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Rumbles against "Celebration Week"

The loudest were the few hundred people from Lorient in the car park and the dozens of Moroccans who came to wave flags in honor of Boufal and Ounahi, the two SCO Lions who came fourth in the World Cup in Qatar.

Returning from vacation on Saturday, the two players were honored by the club and briefly greeted the supporters before kick-off

In Nantes, this "Celebration Week" wanted by the Professional Football League (LFP) also made people cringe.

Supporters' organizations had called for a boycott of the match to protest against the holding of meetings during the week and on January 1, with a Loire tribune banner saying: "LFP, broadcasters: your programming is killing our stadiums".

The Bollaert stadium, on the other hand, should be packed for the Lens-PSG clash.