Paris (AFP)
Paris Saint-Germain regained the top of the French League on goal difference, with its return as a winner from Nantes 3-0, while Marseille continued its strong start, led by its new Croatian coach Igor Tudor, and also won away from Auxerre, returning to the first division, 2-0 in the stage competitions. Sixth.
Saint-Germain raised its score to 16 points, equal to Marseille, but with the goals advantage in its favour, as he scored 24 against 13 for the Mediterranean club.
At the Beaujoire stadium, Nantes entered his match with Saint-Germain with the intention of avenging his loss against the capital team 0-4 in the Champions Cup at the beginning of the season, but he fell again in front of him with three in a match he completed with ten players since the 24th minute, after his Brazilian defender Fabio was sent off. .
With this victory, Saint-Germain prepared in the best possible way to face Juventus, at the start of its Champions League campaign.
Saint-Germain coach Christophe Galtier decided to rest the Brazilian star Neymar, who has 7 goals in the league this season, before the expected meeting against the “old lady” in the mother continental competition, before he involved him in the second half in the 62nd minute.
Kylian Mbappe opened the scoring for the visitors after 18 minutes, after a pass from Argentine Lionel Messi, and in the second half Messi passed an elegant ball towards Mbappe, who broke the offside trap to score the second goal (54).
Mbabbe raised his score to 7 this season, equaling Neymar at the top of the scorers’ list.
Neymar participated in the middle of the second half, instead of Mbappe in particular, before Portuguese full-back Nuno Mendes added the third goal for Saint-Germain, following a training session inside the “68” area.
On the other hand, Marseille’s victory came with a South American feeling, as Brazilian Gerson gave it the lead, after 8 minutes, before Chilean newcomer Alexis Sanchez added a reassuring goal six minutes before the end after coming back, scoring his third goal since the beginning of the current season.
The victory is the fifth for Marseille against one draw since the beginning of the season, raising its score to 16 points out of 18 possible.
The experience was successful for Marseille before the start of his campaign in the Champions League, where he begins a heavy-caliber confrontation with Tottenham Hotspur.
Lyon honored his guest Angers with a clean five to continue his strong start this season, and Lyon raised his score to 13 points from 5 games, knowing that he has a postponed match to play next Wednesday against his host Lorient.
The hosts waited until the 32nd minute to open the scoring through Cameroon striker Karl Toko Ekambi, taking advantage of a mistake by Abdallay Bamba, then veteran striker Alexandre Lacazette, returning to the ranks of Lyon, after a period with Arsenal, added the second goal with a header six minutes later with a decisive pass from Malo Gusto.
Justo also passed the ball that came from the third goal of Ekambi (59), and Castillo Lukiba added a header to the fourth goal (62), and Moussa Dembele, who came as a substitute, ended the festival of goals, after he walked the ball 50 meters to hit the net.