Today marked the end of yet another, already 35th, round of battles in the French championship. With three games left until the end of the season, "Ligue 1" leader position was once again regained by the "Paris Saint-Germain" club, which had temporarily lost it yesterday.
Laurent Blanc's students in the latest meeting won 2-0 away after a tough battle against the mid-table team "Nantes". In the third minute, PSG took the lead thanks to Edinson Cavani after a pass from Gregory van der Wiel, and after playing just over half an hour, Blaise Matuidi doubled the lead accurately assisted by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
The Parisians lead "Lyon" by three points in the second place, but if Lyon's team were to win, they would drop down a step due to a worse goal difference.
A little earlier on that evening, "Monaco" footballers fighting for the bronze convincingly won at home 4-1 against "Toulouse". The scorers for the winners were Bernardo Silva, Anthony Martial, Joao Moutinho, and Valerie Germain.
However, it is worth mentioning that in the 80th minute, after a serious dispute near the "Toulouse" goal, both Nabil Dirar and Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik were sent off the field simultaneously.
Results:
"Lille" 3 - 1 "Lens"
[0-1] 24' Pablo Chavarria
[1-1] 41' Sofiane Boufal
[2-1] 74' Djibril Sidibe
[3-1] 90' Divock Origi
"Monaco" 4 - 1 "Toulouse"
[1-0] 9' Bernardo Silva
[1-1] 26' Martin Braithwaite
[2-1] 45' Anthony Martial (from 11 meters penalty)
[3-1] 56' Joao Moutinho
80' Nabil Dirar (Monaco) and Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik (Toulouse) sent off the field
[4-1] 90' Valerie Germain
Player fight ending with red cards:
Red Card Nabil Dirar & Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik... by FranceCup3
"Nantes" 0 - 2 "Paris Saint-Germain"
[0-1] 3' Edinson Cavani
[0-2] 31' Blaise Matuidi
All Goals ---Nantes 0:2 Paris Saint Germain... by OfficialGoals
