Ligue 1: Nice Bat Marseille 2-0© AFP
Marseille lost 10 points from the leader of Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain, after a 2-0 defeat against Nice, hope of the Champions League on Sunday. Roberto de Zerbi’s OM had the opportunity to reduce the gap with PSG during the 1-1 draw of the reigning champions against Reims on Saturday. But Nice rather rebounded after his defeat in Lille last weekend to climb to fourth place, just four points from Marseille, second. “It is a difficult championship in which Lille, PSG and Lyon have lost points this weekend,” said Zerbi’s Marseille coach.
“And we too, against a good team … I’m not angry, I’m a little disappointed. When we lose, we all lose, me first. It can happen, we are not unbeatable.”
Evann Guessand gave Nice to the seventh minute, jumping on Lilian Brassier’s error before diverting the ball on the Marseille goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli.
Brassier chose not to slide to try to atone his error and keep the ball outside, rather managing to stop it behind the goal line.
Nice doubled his advantage shortly after half-time when Guessand slipped the ball for Mohamed-Ali Cho who took a good first touch and set off in the furthest corner.
Adrien Rabiot saw a shot stopped by Marcin Bulka shortly after, but despite a dominant possession, Marseille had trouble creating many clear opportunities.
Earlier Sunday, the first four hopes of Lyon received a hard blow when the equalization of Mostafa Mohamed in the 90th minute snatched from Nantes in difficulty a 1-1 draw at the stadium of the Beaujoire.
Lens rose to seventh place in the ranking, behind Lyon unlike goals, thanks to a 1-0 victory over Angers.
The early goal of Ludovic Ajorque allowed Brest to win 1-0 against Le Havre, the fourth victory of the Breton club in five Ligue 1 matches.
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