2023-12-17 04:39:55
Paris (AFP)
Paris Saint-Germain was crowned champion of the winter, in the French Football League, without playing its match “Sunday”, due to the loss of its direct chaser, Nice, to Le Havre, 1-3, in the sixteenth stage.
With this result, Nice remained second with 32 points, compared to 36 for Saint-Germain, which is a guest on the fourth night “Sunday”, where it can no longer catch up with the capital club, as there is one stage remaining, before the teams go to rest during Christmas and New Year’s.
The loss is the second for Nice this season, knowing that they suffered both during the current month, and the first was once morest Nantes 0-3 on December 3.
Nice also failed to move away by 5 points from third-placed Monaco, which in turn fell at home to Lyon 0-1, at the opening of the stage, leaving the difference of two points.
On the other hand, Le Havre ended a series of four matches in which it did not achieve a victory, and American striker Emmanuel Saby opened the scoring early for Havre, following 5 minutes, following Nice’s Polish goalkeeper Marcin Bulka failed to catch a ball shot by Mohamed Bayo and follow it into the net.
Sabi added the second goal from a curled ball «35».
Le Havre decided the result in its favor, when the referee awarded him a penalty kick at the beginning of the second half, which Bayo successfully converted (51).
A clash between Nice defender Jean-Clair Todibo and Le Havre player Samuel Grandsir led to both being expelled nine minutes before the end of the match, before Raoul Loch scored an honorary goal for Nice in the first minute of stoppage time.
In a second match, Lens ended a good week by defeating Reims with two goals, and Lens rose to fifth place temporarily with 26 points.
Lens defeated Spanish club Sevilla 2-1 in the Europa League in the final sixth round of the group stage. Lens’ goals were scored by Wesley Saeed (43) and Oscar Cortes from a header (73).
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