Ligue 1 Results and Details from France
By Anonymous (not verified), August 17, 2021
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In a week where Ligue 1 Uber Eats was put firmly in the spotlight of world football, it was back to business this past weekend in France’s top-flight. Shock results, unexpected leaders and 34 goals across the weekend, tells the story of an eventful and dramatic round two of fixtures..
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PSG win as Messi watches on
Lionel Messi was in the stands to see his new teammates survive a scare to overcome a resilient 10-man Strasbourg 4-2 in a thriller at the Parc des Princes.
Messi was presented to the fans before the game in which compatriot Mauro Icardi opened the scoring (3’). Ludovic Ajorque's own goal and a Julian Draxler goal put the Parisians 3-0 up. Julien Stéphan’s troops staged a second half renaissance through Kevin Gamiero (53’) and Ajorque (64’) until Pablo Sarabia ended matters four minutes from time.
"I am very happy with the three points at the end of a very special week for the team," said a delighted head coach Mauricio Pochettino. "The challenge is to build good ways of working and I think that when all of the players will be available, it's going to be a special situation."
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Christophe Galtier’s return to LOSC went as well as he could ever have imagined as his OGC Nice side won 4-0 at the Stade Pierre Mauroy. Goals from Kasper Dolberg (1', 64'), Hitchem Boudaoui (5') and an Amine Gouiri penalty (45') gave last season's title-winning coach a resounding victory in familiar surroundings.
"I enjoyed this performance," said a composed Galtier. "I wanted my team to express itself in the same way as the team I led last season (LOSC) with character, enthusiasm and solidarity. We are happy with the victory, but we must keep our feet on the ground."
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Kovac rues "careless" Monaco
Monaco head coach Niko Kovac admitted his team had been careless following their 1-0 defeat at Lorient. The result leaves the principality side with just one point from their opening two games.
Terem Moffi’s winner from the penalty spot (31’) ensured Christophe Pélissier’s men stretched their unbeaten home run to seven games. Kovac's team must now get back to winning ways to avoid being cut adrift from the other title contenders.
"We dominated the match, but we only had two or three clear chances. We know that in football carelessness can be costly," said a frank Kovac after the final whistle. "Last week (against Nantes) it was a corner, tonight it is a penalty. Then it became difficult. They had no chances except the penalty but defended well; we must congratulate them."
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Rampant Marseille pegged back
Marseille threw away what should have been an unassailable lead to draw 2-2 at home to Bordeaux, as Vladimir Petkovic claimed his first point as Les Girondins coach.
First-half goals from Cengiz Under (34') and the in-form Dimitri Payet (41') put OM in the ascendancy but Bordeaux found their way back into the contest when loanee Timothée Pembélé and Rémi Oudin struck early in the second half to claim an unlikely point.
Leonardo Balerdi was sent-off late on for the hosts who have four points from their opening two games
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Lionel Messi was presented to the crowd at a packed Parc des Princes on Saturday before watching his new team-mates beat RC Strasbourg Alsace 4-2 with Kylian Mbappé playing a starring role.
Messi ran out to a deafening roar from supporters who filled the stadium a full hour before kick-off as the Argentine and PSG’s other summer signings - Sergio Ramos, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Georginio Wijnaldum and Achraf Hakimi - were all presented to the faithful.
The Argentinian great is some way short of being ready to make his Paris debut, though, and so he watched the game itself from the stands alongside Neymar and Angel di María, who are also still working on their fitness after their involvement at the Copa América meant a late return to pre-season training.
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