With two “hits” in the first half, Reims defeated Lille 2-1 in the “Metropole” in the match that “dropped the curtain” on the sixth matchday of Ligue 1 and found itself in the privileged fifth place of the standings leading to the Europa playoffs Next season’s Conference League, leaving the “lilouis” in -2 of the European positions.
The two-time Champions Cup finalists made it 0-2 in the first half with goals from Darami in the 12th minute and Nakamura in the 16th minute. The 2022 champions pushed for a replay, but all they managed was to pull one back through Andre in the 79th minute with nothing more to come.
The schedule for the sixth matchday:
Friday, 22/9
Monaco-Nice 0-1
(90’+3′ Boga)
Saturday, 23/9
Nantes-Lorian 5-3
(42′ Amblin, 46′ Comer, 55′ Mohamed, 83′ Molet, 90+9′ Simon – 6′ Krupi, 75′ Febre, 85′ Aygegun)
Brest-Lyon 1-0
(87′ Mounier)
Sunday, 24/9
Metz-Strasbourg 0-1
(83′ Diarra)
Havre-Clermont 2-1
(4′ Alioui, 7′ Bayou-45’+1′ Conate)
Lance-Toulouse 2-1
(45’+1′ Side, 84′ Gilavogi – 33′ Zelamber)
Montpellier-Ren 0-0
Paris Saint-Germain-Marseille 4-0
(8′ Hakimi, 37′ Kolo Mouani, 47′, 90+1′ Ramos)
Tuesday, 26/9
Lille-Reims 1-2
(79′ Andre-12′ Darami, 16′ Nakamura)
The next matchday (seventh):
Friday, 29/9
Strasbourg-Lance (22:00)
Saturday, 30/9
Clermont-Paris Saint-Germain (18:00)
Monaco-Marseille (22:00)
Sunday, 1/10
Reims-Lyon (14:00)
Le Havre-Lille (16:00)
Nice-Brest
Toulouse-Mets
Lorient-Montpellier (18:05)
Rennes-Nade (21:45)
Source: Sport Fm
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