Wall, rebirth and shipwreck: the tops and flops of the 9th day

Tops

  • A pivot named Ajorque

This is an image that is becoming usual. Led 1-0 by Montpellier following a superb half-volley from Mollet, Ludovic Ajorque found himself back to goal at the entrance to the box, with the ball in his feet. And the Strasbourg center-forward did not even bother to take a look at the placement of Sels, but rather that of Gameiro, who arrived launched to equalize sharply (1-1 ). A fifth decisive pass this season for the Reunionese , which proves match after match that his pivotal game has nothing to envy anyone. Inevitable for the smooth running of the Strasbourg attacking game, Ajorque, who also scored three goals, holds his team in the middle of the table.

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  • Lafont, the Atlantic wall
If FC Nantes is is imposed during this 9th day against Troyes (2-0) , he owes it especially to his goalkeeper Alban Lafont. Already the author of several big performances this season, the former Fiorentina was still intractable in the face of the Trojan attack. Author of four saves, he notably made two decisive interventions, just before the opening of the Canaries’ scoring, on a strike from Gerson Rodrigues in the area (55th). Then in the 83rd minute, he made a superb reflex stop with his right leg against Brandon Domingues at six meters, and saved his family from a suspenseful end to the match. In much better form offensively, Nantes can also count on a rock in its goal.

Alban Lafont before Nice – Nantes in Ligue 1 on October 3, 2020

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  • The Nice defenders do also the job in front of

That’s what called a function overrun. Already holders in the best defense of Ligue 1 (4 goals conceded in 8 matches), Jean-Clair Todibo and Melvin Bard, both authors of their first goal of the season in the league, were the great architects of the victory of Nice against Brest (2-1) . While the duo Amine Gouiri-Andy Delort showed a lot of waste in the face of goal (10 shots but only 5 on target between them), the Niçois found the solution thanks to two men not necessarily expected. Who behaved like real surface foxes to hurt the Bretons: a close shot after a scramble for Todibo, and a diving head for Bard. Nice, 3rd six points behind PSG, sends a message: if his attack is very talented, his strength is above all collective.

The joy of the Niçois after the opening of the Todibo score during Nice-Brest in Ligue 1

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  • The Renaissance Ben Yedder

If Monaco is doing better, it is largely thanks to him. Well, there is also the Tchouaméni nugget which is in all the good Monegasques. But the ASM captain has been pulling his entire squad behind him since he started scoring again. He has finally become once again the clinical player Niko Kovac needs to fulfill his European dreams. After five first days without any achievement, Wissam Ben Yedder has just planted five in his last four matches. It all started on the lawn of Nice when he offered victory to his team from the penalty spot. There followed a double against Saint-Etienne (3-1), a goal against Clermont (3-1)

then a new penalty transformed this Sunday against Bordeaux, his last feat of arms (3-0) . And as if by magic, in the series, Monaco has just climbed from 16th to 6th place to find itself just two points off the podium. Far from being a coincidence.

  • David in serial scorer mode

Last year with LOSC, Jonathan David had to wait for his eleventh appearance in the league to open his goal counter. This year, the Canadian international is already at 6 achievements after 9 days. Above all, he has had a series of good performances in recent weeks to allow Lille to gradually climb back up in the standings. After his goal against Reims (2-1) and his double victorious against Strasbourg last week (1-2), the 21-year-old striker again stood out during this Lille-Marseille by registering a new double, while the rest of the northern attackers, them, are rather signaled by their clumsiness. Confirmation that David is taking on a new dimension week after week, and that he is having a very good year 2021 (17 goals in 29 Ligue 1 matches).

Jonathan David distinguished himself again during the 9th day of Ligue 1, by registering a double against Marseille (2-0)

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The flops

  • Ekitike, the misplaced move

We only said good things about him since the beginning of the season. And for good reason. Hugo Ekitike is asserting himself as one of the revelations of the start of the season under the jersey of Reims with already three goals on the clock, including a double last week against Nantes (3-1). But in Lens, the 19-year-old striker showed that he was significantly less skillful in defending than in scoring. On a harmless free kick, he was guilty of an uncontrolled gesture with a kick in the head of Kevin Danso in the Reims area. Expelled in addition to having caused this penalty, Ekitike precipitated the defeat of a Reims team which was doing well until then (2-0) . Yes, we prefer to see it in front.

Ekitike

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  • The Brest desert

Nine days and only four small points. If it was written that the Brest season would be complicated, it was difficult to imagine such an ocean of nothingness. No victory, 18 goals conceded and another debacle on the lawn of Nice, whose score does not reflect the difference in level between two formations that everything opposed (2-1) . Without having to force his talent, Nice could have, even had to, pass a river score to the Bretons, who simply showed nothing except a stroke of luck in added time to reduce the mark thanks to Franck Honorat. Disillusioned, Michel Der Zakarian did not mince words to talk about his workforce : “We are little babies, at times. We must increase our technical and athletic level ”. In Brest to try to grow from now on, so as not to sign his descent earlier than expected.

  • Lyon reached out

Everything was going well for OL: Khazri had missed the inevitable at the start of match, sending his head to the post while the goal was empty (9th) before seeing his opening scoring refused for an offside position (33rd). Taking advantage of this great fortune, Houssem Aouar materialized his beautiful right roll just before the break (42nd). With this blow of the club, OL seemed on the way to clinching their fourth victory of the season but that was without counting on two hand mistakes that would change everything .

First during an exit of Anthony Lopes outside his area, forced to push the lob of Bouanga with the left hand, synonymous with expulsion (74th). Reduced to ten, the Lyonnais then suffered the second wind of their neighbors, leading to a head of Krasso returned by … the hand of Denayer (90th). Result of the races: a penalty for the Greens, which Khazri catapulted into Pollersbeck’s goal to equalize and end this derby with his head held high.

  • Metz still cracks on the gong

A little less than two weeks ago, the team of Frédéric Antonetti returned to the locker room with a heavy heart, leaving PSG to win at Saint-Symphorien on a goal from Achraf Hakimi at the very end of the game (2-1, 90th + 4). This time, it was in Angers that the Grenats lost on a goal at the last second, scored by Stéphane Bahoken following a free kick and a moment of hesitation in the Lorraine defense (3-2, 90th + 2). Raging while the Messins have, in addition, led twice in this match . Especially in this race to maintain where each point is worth a lot, as the ranking shows: Metz is 18th on points with Troyes and without these two twists of fate on the wire, Farid Boulaya’s partners would breathe a little more on time. current.

  • The Phocaean shipwreck

Solid runner-up to Paris Saint-Germain three days ago, OM is adrift. After 13 points taken out of 15 possible, the Marseillais are on a series of three games without a win. Worse: the formation of Jorge Sampaoli remains on two setbacks, a spectacular match lost at the Vélodrome against Lens (2-3) and a large exit from the road this Sunday against Lille (0-2). Blame it on the C3 and the bodies bruised by the physical duel proposed by Galatasaray? The lack of Dimitri Payet, injured again? Anyway, Marseille suffered against Lille on fire and led by an incandescent Jonathan David, author of a new double. Next Marseille opportunity to arrive safely: Sunday 17th, against Lorient after the international break, four days before the shock of Group E of C3 against Lazio Rome.

Jorge Sampaoli

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