Soccer. Lens in power, Paris reigns, Monaco sinks … The 5th day of Ligue 1 in one click
The good performance: first success for Nice
Dominated by a clumsy Lille team, Nice reassured itself by offering its first success of the season (2-1) thanks to two penalties. Jonathan Bamba had however opened the scoring for Losc (19th), but Andy Delort (22nd) and Nicolas Pépé (29th) did not tremble to offer a precious success to the OGCN, which goes back to 15th place (5 points ).
Numbers
109
Neymar became PSG’s fourth top scorer on Wednesday in the Parisian victory in Toulouse (3-0) where the Brazilians scored their 109th but with the capital club jersey, equaling a certain Pauleta.
2
Romain Hamouma has already been expelled as much (2) in four matches this season as in 328 before throughout his career.
The sentence: “We are launching this season”
Bruno Irles (Troyes coach, 4-2 winner at Monaco): “With this victory, we are launching this season. It’s going to be very hard. We know it. But taking points in Monaco is complicated. When we lose 1-0 in Monaco, we keep the same state of mind that saved us last year. The players knew how to raise their level. We are on the outside, we shoot 19 times on goal. »
The match: Angers – Reims (2-4)
Festival of goals at the Raymond-Kopa stadium: Reims honors the memory of its glorious elder by winning its first victory of the season against a dying Angevin formation on the defensive level (4-2). The awakening of Sofiane Boufal’s teammates after rest and the expulsion of Rémois Cadjuste in the last half hour was not enough for the SCO, penultimate in the standings at the end of this 5th day.
And beware of the last places in the league this season, because the last four of L1 will go down to Ligue 2. The SCO must already react.
The team: Lens confirms
Already the nice surprise of L1 last season, Lens is making a very good start in this new exercise. The Sang et Or largely dominated Lorient (5-2) on Wednesday evening and are still one of the four undefeated teams (with Paris Marseille and Lyon), in this championship. All with an enticing game.
The counter-perf’: Monaco trips over the mat
Monaco fell back into their traps, ten against eleven, and took four goals against Troyes, who took advantage of the opposing defensive largesse to win (4-2). After taking four against Lens (1-4) on the third day, Monaco and their goalkeeper Alexander Nübel, once again too insecure, took as many against a less strong Troyes team, but with a goalkeeper Gauthier Gallon capable of significant displays.
Above all, it was a nightmarish evening for Guillermo Maripan. The latter, after opening the scoring with a header from a corner (1-0, 10th). Less than ten minutes later, he was cautioned for a foul on Mama Baldé (18th) in the box. Result: penalty, converted by Florian Tardieu and warning for Maripan (22nd).
Except that just before the break, the latter was excluded after having dismissed Tardieu with an arm in the face. And as that was not enough, Wilson Odobert took advantage of Monaco’s disbelief to allow Bruno Irles’ men to lead at the break (2-1, 45th + 3).