Respective winners of Auxerre and Brest, Strasbourg and Angers achieved very good business in the second part of the table. Further up, RC Lens got tripped up against Téfécé.
Finally, Toulouse continues. After five championship matches alternating victory and defeat, Téfécé achieved a second consecutive success, and not the least. The Violets took on RC Lens in Nord-Pas-de-Calais on Sunday during the multiplex of the 16th day of Ligue 1 (0-1). Sharp, the Toulouse residents allowed Hervé Koffi, starting goalkeeper in the absence of Brice Samba, very close to leaving for Rennes in recent days, to shine against Zakaria Aboukhlal (16th) and Joshua King (17th).
Lens ended up balancing the debates before seeing them change on the hour mark. David Pereira da Costa, who entered at half-time, received a yellow card which turned red after intervention by the video assistant, for a sole on Djibril Sidibé (61st). Reduced to ten, the Sang et Or ended up cracking on a penalty converted by Aboukhlal (71st), coming up against a solid Guillaume Restes on the other side. Lens remains 7th with 24 points, as many as… Toulouse, 8th, four units from the top 5.
Brest dives back into Angers
Stade Brestois will experience a spring with Champions League style. At the same time, he will perhaps be fighting to maintain his position. The Finisterians, who fell to Angers (2-0), now have 5 defeats in their last 7 outings in L1. Without their midfielder Pierre Lees-Melou still injured, Eric Roy's men had the greatest difficulty creating clear chances despite favorable ball possession (62%).
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Angers struck at the beginning and at the end. First by Esteban Lepaul, center forward who was making his second start of the season, skillfully hitting a low cross from Carlens Arcus (6th). Then by Ibrahima Niane, at the conclusion of a movement orchestrated by Haris Belkebla and Lilian Raolisoa (90th + 5). The promoted Angevin leaves the red zone to move up to 14th place, three points behind Brest, 12th.
Strasbourg brings Auxerre back to earth
AJA had only lost one of their last 8 matches, and the most optimistic began to imagine them fighting for Europe in the second half of the season. Strasbourg reminded her that she is not there yet. Hamed Junior Traoré however opened the scoring, taking advantage of a mistake from Mamadou Sarr in the Alsatian area (14th). But Racing, with its dynamism, was rewarded for its efforts before the break, thanks to the composure of captain Habib Diarra from the penalty spot (45th+4).
Félix Lemaréchal warmed the hearts of Meinau a little more by recovering a high ball, then combining with Emanuel Emegha before finishing at the inside post (59th). Cruel, as Jubal almost scored one of the goals of the year, a strike from midfield saved by Dorde Petrovic (57th). AJA missed its chance, and Emegha completed Strasbourg's victory at the end of the match (87th). The Alsatian club is 10th in L1, one point behind Auxerre, 9th.
