Óscar’s Reims assaults Monaco

Reims, trained by Óscar García Junyent, has stormed the Luis II. With a comeback in the final stretch and a goal in added time, he frustrated Monaco (1-2), and manages to escape the threat of relegation. For its part, the Monegasque box of the Belgian Philipp Clement moves away from Europe with this defeat. Three games without winning have distanced him from the top.

Against Reims he had the game under control until the end. It seemed to end the resistance of Óscar’s team at the beginning of the second half when Wissam Ben Yedder took advantage of a pass from Sofiane Diop and beat Serbian Predrag Rajkovic.

Without realizing it, Reims, who had accumulated two games without adding the three points, got into the game. Was when Kevin Volland put the ball into his own net in the 84th minute to level the match. Everything had turned against the locals who four later lost Jean Lucas by expulsion. The Brazilian saw two yellow cards in three minutes and left his team with ten.

AND in added time, in an isolated action and when everything pointed to the equalizer, a cross from Arber Zeneli was used by Nathanel Mbuku, who came out in the second half, to beat Alexander Nubel again and give Reims the victory. Monaco, seventh, is five points behind the European zone. Reims nine from relegation.

Lens looks to Europe

Lens has taken advantage of the misfortunes of its rival, Angers, to come out with the three points from the Raymond Kopa stadium (1-2), and accentuate their European ambition. Frank Haise’s team has recovered the pulse and the level that they enjoyed in the first section of the course and that kept them in the upper zone. He has now gone three games without losing and is already one step away from the top five.

He took a step forward against Gerald Baticle’s team who took an early second-half lead through Angelo Fulgini but Mohamed Ali Cho’s dismissal in the 69th changed everything. The Lens accelerated and He did not miss his chance against the local misfortune that scored a goal on his own door through Batista Mendyque ruined his aspirations. Jonathan Clauss beat Montenegrin Danijel Petkovic again to give Lens the win and give Angers their fifth straight loss.

Draws from Nantes and Girondins; Lorient victory

The Nantes could not get past the goalless draw against Metz who have gone five games without winning and that comes out of relegation benefited by the defeat of Saint Etienne against Paris Saint Germain. Lorient escaped from the lower half, winning in Brest (0-1) with a goal from Ibrahima Kone. Matthieu Dreyer’s team capitalized on the numerical inferiority of the local team, which after half an hour was left with ten due to the expulsion of Brendan Chardonnet.

Girondins left the bottom of the standings with a draw against Clermont (1-1). David Guion’s team took advantage after a quarter of an hour thanks to Josuba Guilavogui. But only thirteen minutes kept the Bordeaux team because in the 29th the Kosovar Elbasan Rashani got the equalizer that remained until the end.