Jean-Louis Gasset signs his first success with Montpellier, Toulouse defeats Rennes

Ligue 1 continues to entertain us every week. This weekend, the 11th day of the championship offered us its share of quite surprising results. And while this day will end with a tempting derby between OL and ASSE this evening in Lyon (8:45 p.m.), the 5 p.m. multiplex was going to make us wait until this meeting. During this multiplex, Montpellier played big. Red lantern of the elite, the MHSC needed an imperative victory to maintain its dreams of maintaining. Facing them, a heroic Brest in the Champions League, but shaky in Ligue 1, presented themselves. And despite their negative dynamic, the Montpellier residents quickly wrapped up the match. From the 6th minute of play, Arnaud Nordin converted a penalty which was logically awarded to them (1-0, 6th).

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Not satisfied, the teammates of the former Stéphanois doubled the lead a few minutes later thanks to a beautiful free kick from Wahbi Khazri (2-0, 12th). Despite several Breton opportunities (19th, 25th, 33rd), Montpellier held on and was even close to scoring a third goal in a pleasant first act (29th, 34th). Returning from the locker room, the locals held on. Despite the rapid reduction in the gap of the former Mosson protégé Jonas Martin (2-1, 50th), the MHSC did not hold back and Arnaud Nordin even missed a second penalty against a Bizot who therefore took his revenge (59th). At the end of the match, Tanguy Coulibaly even sealed Montpellier's great victory (3-1, 84th). With this first success of the Jean-Louis Gasset era, the MHSC emerges from the gray, but remains last in Ligue 1 for the moment. For its part, Brest is missing a great opportunity to get closer to European places and confirms that it has two faces this season.

Toulouse dominates Rennes, Reims smiles again

At the same time, Rennes hosted Toulouse. In difficulty this season and with interim Sébastien Tambouret on his bench while waiting for Jorge Sampaoli, the Breton club had to win to give themselves a little breathing room. Problem, faced with a TFC fired up, the Breton club did not exist this Sunday. After an initial alert from Joshua King (11th), the Norwegian striker finally opened the scoring for the Violets (14th). Affected by their situation, the Rennais did not manage to get their heads above water and Toulouse even scored a second goal thanks to the clumsiness of Baptiste Santamaria who deceived his goalkeeper after a billiard shot (0-2, 23rd). Despite a timid reaction in the second half and a goal from Ludovic Blas refused (51st), Rennes have sunk into the crisis and will take advantage of the international break to work on a rehabilitation plan and get out of an embarrassing 13th place. Toulouse does the right thing and climbs to 10th place.

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Finally, the last meeting of this multiplex took place in Le Havre. In difficulty this season, the Normans hosted a Stade de Reims which has oscillated between good and not so good since the start of the season. Finally, the return of Luka Elsner to the Océane stadium was a great success with the great victory of Reims in Le Havre. While Oumar Diakité opened the scoring (15th), Keito Nakamura doubled the lead a few minutes later (0-2, 21st). Shortly before the hour mark, his Japanese sidekick Junya Ito added to the score for Le Havre who still can't do it (0-3, 57th). With this great victory, Reims climbs to 6th place and pushes Le Havre, 17th.

The results of the 5 p.m. multiplex:

Montpellier 3 – 1 Brest : Nordin (6e, sp), Khazri (12e) et Coulibaly (84e) / Martin (50e)

Rennes 0 – 2 Toulouse : King (14th) and Dønnum (23rd)

Le Havre 0 – 3 Reims : Diakité (15th), Nakamura (21st) and Ito (57th)