TOPS
All is not well off the pitch in Vanderson’s life. This is what his tears suggest, knees on the ground, after his opener against Clermont on Sunday (2-4 victory). Before the emotion, the Brazilian superbly combined with a chest pass for Takumi Minamino, who found him at the far post (26th). ASM dynamiter, he is the decisive passer for the second goal of Wissam Ben Yedder (70th) from which the Clermontois have never recovered. Man of the match.
First goal, Akor Adams. Second goal, again Adams. In two minutes, the Nigerian striker, who arrived from Norway this summer, capsized the Stade de la Mosson against Le Havre (2-2), who had nevertheless taken the lead in the 6th minute. On a millimeter cross from Téji Savanier, Adams equalized with a header (58th) then made his speed and ball handling speak, before concluding with precision from the left in the area (60th). What delay his exit for Elye Wahi (77th), who was warming up before his double.
FLOPS
Monegasque fans have never been kind to Alexander Nübel, who spent two years on loan from Bayern Munich. They surely had bad flashbacks to the gross error of his successor, Philipp Köhn. The recovery of a diving header from Mateusz Wieteska, from a corner, was on the Swiss goalkeeper. But in wanting to block the ball, the latter slipped from his hands and crossed the goal line (7th). More reassuring afterwards, like his team, victorious.
It’s a game like last season for FC Nantes: encouraging, exciting, then worrying. The Canaries gave the entry tempo in front of their audience, and were rewarded with the penalty from Mostafa Mohamed (13th). Then they gradually disintegrated. Punished on a goal by Zakaria Aboukhlal (62nd), who in passing injured Alban Lafont evacuated on a stretcher, then on a corner by Rasmus Nicolaisen, in two stages (90th 1). No shivers despite the extended additional time. The coach, Pierre Aristouy, was already under pressure. It’s a bit more now.