2023-11-05 23:12:00
The tops
Returning victorious from the Asian Games, Kang-in Lee gradually got back into the rhythm with Paris Saint-Germain. Against Montpellier (3-0) on Friday, the South Korean delivered a top-flight performance, without a false note, since he quite simply succeeded in all of his transmissions, i.e. 47. A success rate – 100% – which impresses, especially in light of the risks taken by the Parisian environment, whose game is constantly turned forward. Add to that a goal worthy of a certain Leo Messi, and you have a serious competitor for the left midfielder position at PSG.
Golovin, best player in the championship?
The weeks pass and Aleksandr Golovin gradually establishes himself as one of the best players in the championship. This Sunday was a day of work like any other for the brilliant Russian: a goal and an assist. Today, few players are as important for their team in Ligue 1 and he competes with Kylian Mbappé, Warren Zaire-Emery and Marcin Bulka for the title of best player in the championship since the start of the season. His five goals and two assists do not say everything about his influence at ASM.
Mohamed Bayo was already the last Le Havre scorer, on September 24 against Clermont (2-1). Since then, the HAC has come up against opposing goalkeepers for more than a month. After a silence of 550 minutes, the ex-Lille who put on his savior costume again, at the Stadium against Téfécé (1-2), and putting in the form. First, with a solitary raid embellished with a hint of success (79th), then with a gesture from a pure center forward (90th + 5). Author of his second and third goals of the season, Bayo truly launches his adventure with the Normans, who have definitively adopted their new pyrotechnician.
Mohamed Bayo savior of HAC in Toulouse (1-2) in Ligue 1, November 5, 2023.
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Les flops
The Auvergne people are lacking in confidence, and it shows like the nose in the middle of their face. Without being really exciting, Pascal Gastien’s men have the opportunities to open the score before the break in Strasbourg (0-0). A little helping hand from destiny, Marvin Senaya received a second yellow card at the start of the last quarter of an hour, giving Clermont the royal road to find the opening. But, affected by a deep illness, the Clermontois stammered in their football, and even exposed themselves to counterattacks. How to come close to a defeat when the tide of the match is tilting in your favor.
There is no fire in Marseille. And that’s the whole problem. Despite the cancellation of the match against OL last weekend, despite the presence of the passionate Gennaro Gattuso on the bench, despite the atmosphere at the Vélodrome stadium and despite, above all, the need to regain momentum in the championship, the OM showed nothing on Saturday against Lille (0-0).
Rather solid at the back, the Marseillais frankly disappointed offensively, like Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang coming out to the whistles of the public. 3 small shots on target, an opportunity harvested by Amine Harit at the end of the first half: the table is almost blank, and sorely lacking in a reaction of pride for a team of this caliber.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
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Alexandre Lacazette and Anthony Lopes: these are the only two values of a workforce undoubtedly not as well armed as one could have imagined. The second once again saved OL’s butt against Metz on Sunday. But the Gones center forward completely missed the mark. Frustrated, and even annoyed, by the turn of events as much as by the weakness of his team, he never entered his match. It is very difficult to see how Lyon could get by without a good Alexandre Lacazette and today he is capped at three goals in L1.
Goals trickle down
Would Ligue 1 teams be sensitive to drops in temperature? In any case, they are becoming more and more cautious. For the third day in a row, the weekend’s total goals did not exceed 18 goals, or one achievement per team on average, worse it stopped at… 13.
A special mention should be given to Saturday, with two exciting displays on paper between Lorient and Lens then between Marseille and Lille, which ended in two very frustrating 0-0s. Let’s put this down to the bad weather, which complicated the debates on most pitches, and hope that the attacks regain momentum soon.
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