Lyon beat Saint-Étienne 1-0 in this great French football derby, on Sunday, November 10, during the eleventh day of Ligue 1. At the same time, Rennes sank Toulouse 2-0 before our eyes by Jorge Sampaoli, strongly anticipated. to take the leadership of the Breton team and be present at Roazhon Park.
At the Groupama stadium, Alexandre Lacazette, Lyon captain, gave his team the 125th derby against Saint-Étienne, scoring the only goal of the match in the first half (1-0, 29th). Ernest Nuamah, who came on late in the game, thought he would put Lyon away (81st), but his goal was invalidated by the VAR due to a preliminary handball by Georges Mikautadze.
This victory at the end of an open match, with a very good technical level, where the greens had some opportunities to come back in the second half despite the dominance of Lyon, allows OL to occupy, with 18 points and before the international break, the fifth position. place in Ligue 1. Saint-Étienne, who did not deserve anything, remains sixteenth, play-off place, tied on points with Angers and Nantes (ten points each).
Earlier on Sunday, Stade Rennes, who parted ways with coach Julien Stéphan on Thursday, failed to generate an electric shock and collapsed against Toulouse as Jorge Sampaoli watched, conceding two goals in the first half hour of play, than the Argentine. could sign for the Breton club at the beginning of the week, he will have work to do: the Bretons are stuck in thirteenth place in Ligue 1, just one point from the relegation zone.
TFC, thanks to its victory in Brittany, unseated Strasbourg from tenth place in the standings.
Homophobic chants in Le Havre
At the same time, in the midst of celebrating the club’s 50th anniversary, Montpellier calmed down at home by beating Brest 3-1, but above all putting an end to a five-match losing streak in the championship. Montpellier, although still bottom, is approaching Le Havre, defeated at home 3-0 by Reims, which is only two points ahead of the Languedocians.
Brest, irresistible in the Champions League, falls in Ligue 1, where the Breton club only occupies twelfth place, with thirteen points.
Reims, who still have three defeats, did a very good job in the standings, jumping three places. The Rémois are sixth, tied on points with Nice and Lens (17 each).
After Reims’ third goal, the match was briefly interrupted in a moment of confusion in which homophobic chants were chanted from the stands of the Océane stadium.
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At the beginning of the afternoon, Nice managed to add a point to Lille in a high-level match (2-2), thanks to a goal at the end of added time by the young debutant Tom Louchet, at the Allianz Riviera.
With 19 points, Lille remains fourth, one length behind Marseille and the podium, while this late equalization allows the Aiglons to maintain their momentum, with seven games without losing in Ligue 1, and remain at least provisionally in fifth place with 17 points.
The twelfth matchday of Ligue 1 will be played after the international window that opens on Monday, with Monaco-Brest and PSG-Toulouse on November 22.
