L1: OM inaugurates the end of gauges, shocks Monaco-Lyon and Lille-PSG
Stopped on Tuesday by OL, Olympique de Marseille will try to regain its momentum in Ligue 1 on Friday against Angers in a Velodrome freed from the gauges, as in Monaco and Lille where renowned visitors, Lyon and Paris SG are present.
Stopped on Tuesday by OL, Olympique de Marseille will try to regain its momentum in Ligue 1 on Friday against Angers in a Velodrome freed from the gauges, as in Monaco and Lille where renowned visitors, Lyon and Paris SG are present.
The OM-Angers meeting (9:00 p.m.) inaugurates the 23rd day of the French Championship, at the same time as the lifting of restrictions in the stadiums, set at a maximum of 5,000 spectators since the start of 2022.
The supporters will be able to reinvest in full the famous “Vél” on boulevard Michelet, a welcome support for the partners of Dimitri Payet, overthrown 2-1 Tuesday in Lyon, two months after the interruption of the meeting due to a jet of bottle on the head of the Provençal captain.
The opposition against the SCO is also under tension: in the first leg in September (0-0), several dozen Marseille supporters came out of the visitor parking lot, destroying equipment before the stadiums restored order. OM had been given a suspended withdrawal point, and four Angers supporters had been indicted.
On the lawn against the 12th in L1, the objective for Jorge Sampaoli’s team will be to digest their first defeat in two months in the league, so as not to be left behind by Nice, two points in front. The Aiglons received Clermont on Sunday (3:00 p.m.), three days before hosting… OM in the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France.
– David against Mbappé –
PSG may have a ten-point lead over their two closest pursuers, but their elimination from the cup on Monday by Nice precisely on penalties, cast a chill over the capital.
Coach Mauricio Pochettino, criticized for the disappointing game of his team, goes in search of certainty on Sunday (9:00 p.m.) with the French champions Lille, hardly beaten 2-1 during the first leg.
There will be a nice duel of attackers between the Canadian N.9 Jonathan David, scorer at the end of October at the Parc des Princes, and the French world champion Kylian Mbappé. For the Parisian, the meeting at Pierre-Mauroy will have a Champions League flavor, ten days before receiving Real Madrid in the round of 16 first leg.
In the race for Europe, Strasbourg (4th) against Nantes and Rennes (5th) against Brest will try to win valuable points, in front of their public, on Sunday afternoon.
The sixth, Montpellier, goes Saturday (5:00 p.m.) in the Cauldron of Saint-Etienne, red lantern engaged in an extremely delicate maintenance operation.
The Greens ended a series of seven defeats in L1 in the middle of last week in Angers (1-0), which allowed them to return to four lengths from Metz, the current barrage, and five from Bordeaux, first non-relegation.
Sunday afternoon, the Messins travel to Troyes (16th), while the Girondins move to Reims (14th).
Program of the 23rd day of Ligue 1:
Friday :
(21h00) Marseilles – Angers
On Saturday :
(5:00 p.m.) Saint-Etienne – Montpellier
(9:00 p.m.) Monaco-Lyon
Sunday :
(1:00 p.m.) Lorient – Lens
(3:00 p.m.) Nice – Clermont
Rennes – Brest
Troyes – Metz
Strasbourg – Nantes
(5:00 p.m.) Reims – Bordeaux
(8:45 p.m.) Lille – Paris SG
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