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FootballMonaco is getting closer to the podium in Ligue 1
Led by Breel Embolo, the Monegasques, now fourth in the standings, beat Brest. Nantes moves away from the red zone.
Brest goalkeeper Marco Bizot intervenes in front of Breel Embolo and the Monegasque attack.
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Monaco (4th) returned to the height of Marseille (3rd) by beating Brest (1-0) in the first matches of the 17th day of Ligue 1, Sunday, where Nantes took four lengths of the margin on relegation by beating Auxerre (1-0).
Thanks to a superb strike from Russian Aleksandr Golovin, the Principality club, which played with Breel Embolo at the forefront, has 33 points, like OM, who play in Montpellier on Monday (7 p.m.).
The Bretons dominated the second period but without scoring and remain the first relegated (17th). FC Nantes (14th) for its part distanced itself from the red zone by dominating Auxerre (18th) on a goal from Marcus Coco.
Ninth defeat in a row for Angers
At the bottom of the standings, the SCO of Angers remains stuck in last place with a ninth defeat in a row, against the course of the game, against Lorient (2-1), revived after six games without a win. At the Raymond-Kopa stadium in Angers, the stands were very sparse for this unusual day of January 1.
The loudest were the few hundred people from Lorient in the car park and the dozens of Moroccans who came to wave flags in honor of Boufal and Ounahi, the two SCO Lions who came fourth in the World Cup in Qatar.
Returning from vacation on Saturday, the two players were honored by the club and briefly greeted the supporters before kick-off
angry spectators
In Nantes, this “Celebration Week” wanted by the Professional Football League (LFP) also made people cringe. Supporter organizations had called for a boycott of the match to protest against the holding of meetings during the week and on January 1, with a Loire tribune banner saying: “LFP, broadcasters: your programming is killing our stadiums”.
The Bollaert stadium, on the other hand, should be packed for the clash between the first two, Lens-Paris SG (8:45 p.m.).
(AFP)