The weeks pass and there is no shortage of surprises in this
League 1 open and incredible, but certain trends are also confirmed, especially when we are on the edge of the precipice. Friday and Saturday had been the days of pretty moves, as if to show the idea that being favorite is not always a comfortable posture. Sunday was one of fixed positions, further shaping the scenario for this second part of the season.
Le Havre is sinking
Le Havre started the day by conceding another defeat, this time against Lens (1-2). Didier Digard’s team no longer has many resources. His merit was to maintain an illusion by opening the score, the experienced Ayew quickly breaking the situation (1-0, 8th). But the Normans missed the break and Lens, still alive, ended up inexorably gaining the upper hand. After Koyalipou’s equalizer before the half-hour mark (1-1, 28th), Machado scored a capital goal to offer the Sang et Or a first success in 2025 (1-2, 77th).
Montpellier no longer responds
Montpellier did not even notice the illusion in the dreary atmosphere of La Mosson. Opposed to a direct competitor, Jean-Louis Gasset’s team was unable to play the game at home, and the SCO, whose profile had everything to undermine it, ended up taking advantage of it. A man took the light: Esteban Lepaul.
Author of a saving double (0-1, 30th; 1-2, 69th), the Angevin striker gave his team the advantage at key moments. Téjo Savanier’s fleeting equalizer from the penalty spot was not enough (1-1, 61st). Angers, who had returned to the direction of march, sealed their success in stoppage time with Ferhat (1-3, 90th + 9). A feeling of fiasco accentuated by an electric end to the match where the Montpellier team pulled out the pins, Kouyaté and Ferri leaving their teammates at nine…
Strasbourg offers itself Toulouse
If Angers gets a breath of fresh air by jumping to 13th place, Le Havre and Montpellier, penultimate and bottom respectively, are starting to capitulate. These two bad students will have to find unsuspected resources during the return phase to get back on the road. Strasbourg and Toulouse are in the right car, if not in front.
Despite its great form at the Stadium, Téfécé was surprised by Racing which showed all its qualities and faults in one match (1-2). The ardor of youth, with Emegha, author of a double, including an opportunistic pawn on an unfortunate error from Restes (0-1, 14th, 0-2 26th). Naivety, too, like this own goal from Diakité which revived the Violets (1-2, 35th). But the Alsatians retained this advantage until the end to overtake Auxerre and come back to within one point of their host of the day. These two teams will have to be monitored in the coming weeks.
