TOPS

He is the dynamite guarantee of the northern team. Edon Zhegrova finally lit the fuse at the Océane stadium in Le Havre this Sunday, he who had not yet been decisive in Ligue 1 this season. Asked on his right flank, the Kosovar winger provoked Christopher Operi to retreat until a heavy strike from the left, lodged in the opposite window to open the scoring (40th, 0-1). In addition to scoring one of the goals of the weekend, the Lille player delivered a good cross for Ivan Cavaleiro, whose rebound deflected by Yoann Salmier put Lille away (52nd, 0-2 final score).

If you’ve been monitoring the thermometer at the Stadium, you may have seen it reach the 40 degree mark. And the cooling breaks in the middle of the match were not enough to cool down Toulouse on fire, to the great dismay of FC Metz (3-0). Niklas Schmidt (31st), Thijs Dallinga (42nd) and Frank Magri (82nd) ​​torpedoed a heroic Alexandre Oukidja, author of 7 saves in line with his festival against Lens (10 saves). TFC, which had not won in five league matches, reassured itself in the results and the game before hosting the Austrians Linzer LASK in the Europa League on Thursday.

FLOPS

There has never been a match on the hot Haut-Garonne pitch, and this is a new point of concern for Metz, a week after its home defeat against Strasbourg (0-1) and its miraculous victory in Lens ( 0-1). Promoted Metz, 13th in L1, has the worst defense tied with Lyon (13 goals conceded in seven matches). The Algerian full-back, Kévin van den Kerkhof, invited his team to “grow, because the championship is not going to wait for us” at the microphone of Amazon Prime Video. “There is a good group, there is the capacity to do something,” said Messin. It remains to be proven next Saturday for the Nice reception.

We didn’t imagine them fighting for the podium before the start of the season, and we could have dreamed of a high-flying duel at the Allianz Riviera. But as Brest captain Brendan Chardonnet rightly reminded Amazon Prime Video after the match, “we should not expect a crazy match with the two best defenses in Ligue 1”. Niçois and Brestois, despite a frenzied start with an amount on each side, shared the points at the end of what “was not a very great match in terms of opportunities and rhythm”, recognized Chardonnet, “rather satisfied” where the Aiglons striker, Gaëtan Laborde, said he was “obviously disappointed”. Brest is runner-up to Monaco in the ranking, Nice is 4th with one point behind.