Ligue 1: two leaders of championship, Paris and Marseille, wedge before competing

Neither PSG, held in check by Reims, nor OM, defeated by the poorly classified Ajaccio, are not in a position of confidence before their duel next week.

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A week from the classic PSG-OM, the two clubs tripped on Saturday October 8. Leader Paris, slowed down in numerical inferiority, drew in Reims (0-0), while his Dauphin Marseille lost his invincibility this season in Ligue 1 (1-2).

against Ajaccio.

Four days after being held in check by Benfica (1-1) in the Champions League, a result in the air of relief, the Paris SG (1 ^{er , 26 points) this time conceded a draw with a bitter taste in Reims, weighed down by a red card received by Sergio Ramos (42nd) for protest, which has been controversial.}

reims stop Paris, reassembled against the referee

For this match of the 10 day at the Auguste-Delaune stadium, Paris was playing without Lionel Messi, spared, nor Neymar, replacing kick-off. And Kylian Mbappé, clumsy on his rare occasions (33 ^{e ), failed to make the difference in a hit and sometimes stormy match. Worse, Reims has shaken up Paris, binding the Gianluigi Donnarumma goalkeeper with several crucial parades (35 e}

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Summer recruits Carlos Solar and Fabian Ruiz, holders, did not shine and it is another Spaniard, defender Sergio Ramos, who turned the meeting well despite himself: on a trivial fault whistled full axis, Ramos, Verratti and several Parisians approached the arbitrator to challenge his decision. Pierre Gaillouste first brandished a yellow, then a direct red against Ramos (42 ^e ), arousing the anger of the Parisian camp. “It’s amazing, incredible, it’s starting to do too much. I don’t know if there is something personal against us,” said Parisian captain Marquinhos on the break at the microphone of Canal+ Foot.

Reduced to ten, Paris was unable to get out of the grip of solid Rémois, even if Neymar, who came into play, tried things (63 e , 67 e ). The end of the match was electric: faults, scuffles between players and distribution of yellow cards … not very reassuring for the Parisians before receiving Benfica on Tuesday to compete in first place in their pool in the Champions League, then challenge OM on Sunday Next at the Parc des Princes…

Marseille without spring, Payet Centenaire

Marseille, for its part, also missed its weekend: unrecognizable and rough, OM conceded its first defeat in L1 this season against the evil classified Ajaccio, despite the hundredth goal in the French championship of its Captain Dimitri Payet. Far from its European flashes Tuesday against Sporting Portugal (4-1), the Olympian club fell to the Vélodrome stadium on goals from Bevic Moussiti-Oko (25 e ) and Leonardo Balerdi against his camp ( 47 e ), while Payet had opened the scoring on a penalty (15 ^{e ).}

“We were not at the level,” said defender Samuel Gigot at the microphone of Amazon Prime Video. This defeat falls badly for the Olympian team (2 ^{e , 23 points): this is his second place threatened by his pursuers Lorient and Lens, who play Sunday, before a decisive week, with a second round facing At Sporting Wednesday in the Champions League then the classic Ligue 1.}

Faced with AC Ajaccio, last in the ranking before this match, the Marseillais quickly disillusioned, despite the rapid penalty scored by Payet, his hundredth goal in Ligue 1, sixteen years after the first registered with Nantes. Enough to allow the Reunionese to enter the history of the French championship: he is the first player, according to certain statements, to reach both the bar of the hundred goals and the hundred assists in L1. “It is still an important course in a career,” commented the attacking midfielder, evoking “personal satisfaction”.

But then, OM stopped playing, the Ajaccian striker Bevic Moussiti-Oko equalized (25 e ), and the Argentinian defender Leonardo Balerdi fell in his flavors by marking against His camp (47 e ), precipitating the first defeat of the OM season in L1.