European football: shame in Ligue 1, Lukaku opens his counter in the Premier League

Published on : 08/23/2021 – 11:02

• Ligue 1: an invasion of the field during Nice-Marseille

The Nice-Marseille meeting closing the third day of Ligue 1, Sunday evening at the Allianz Riviera, was stopped in the 75th minute after an invasion of the field while Nice led 1-0. At the start of the second half, Kasper Dolberg opened the scoring following a cross from Jordan Lotomba (49 ‘). Then the game got out of hand. On the ground first, the yellow cards against Dolberg, Kluivert, Bard and Luan Peres followed one another. Then in the stands too. When taking a corner, Dimitri Payet received a bottle containing liquid in the back of his neck and responded. A riot led to the suspension of the meeting and its final stop when the Nice players appeared on the lawn to resume without OM doing it. If the result was confirmed, Nice (5 points) would now point to 3rd place in the championship, Marseille to 9th. But now a battle on the green carpet is looming to determine the result.

In other meetings, Lyon experienced a new disillusionment by letting out against Clermont (3-3) a first victory which stretched out its arms on Sunday. With the draws of SCO Angers (1-1 against Bordeaux) and Clermont (both 7 points), Paris Saint-Germain (9 pts) already occupies the head of the championship alone since their victory in Brest (4- 2), Friday. And Lionel Messi has not yet played in the blue jersey.

Carlo Ancelotti had his first quack under the colors of Real Madrid. The Italian coach, who took the torch from Zinédine Zidane on the Merengue bench, suffered his first hard blow (3-3) on the Levante field, which created the sensation of the 2nd day in Spain. Real opened the scoring quickly thanks to Gareth Bale (5th), then things got excited after the locker room: in ten minutes, Levante equalized then took the lead by Roger Marti (46th) then José Campaña (56th). At the end of the match, Vinicius brought Real to height (73rd), then Rober Pier scored the goal of 3-2 (79th) before the ultimate jewel of Vinicius (85th) and the direct red card addressed to the Levante goalkeeper , Aitor Fernandez, for a hand fault outside his area (87th). Because of this draw, Real offered the provisional first place in the standings to Atlético, short winner of Elche 1-0 in the evening.

The first London derby took place on Sunday from the second day between Chelsea and Arsenal. And it was the Blues, much more impressive on paper, who took the lead through their new recruit Romelu Lukaku. The Belgian striker found himself alone in front of the Gunners’ empty cage on a Reece James cross from the 15th minute to open the scoring. Then the same Reece James doubled the bet after a perfect shift from Mason Mount (35 ‘). The English side went for the opposite top corner of Bernd Leno and allowed his team to return to the locker room with a two-goal lead. In the second half, Thomas Tuchel’s men continued to dominate with a head and shoulders without increasing the score. With this result (0-2), Chelsea took the lead in the Premier League with Liverpool who won against Burnley on Saturday (2-0). Winners at Wolverhampton (1-0), with Harry Kane who played again, Tottenham is 4th in the standings. Irresistible against Leeds (5-1) a week ago, Manchester United, on the other hand, had to share the points with Southampton (1-1) in a very irregular match.

• Bundesliga: Bayern recovered

Held in check last week by Borussia Möchengladbach, Bayern Munich was to react this Sunday on their lawn at the Allianz Arena against Cologne. At the end of a dominated first period but which ended with a 0-0, the inevitable Robert Lewandowski opened the scoring after the break after a superb job by Jamal Musiala (50 ‘). Less than ten minutes later, Serge Gnabry made the break (59 ‘) to give air to his people. It was without counting on Anthony Modeste (60 ‘) then Mark Uth (62’) who reset the counters to zero very quickly. Finally, Gnabry gave the victory to the Munich by offering a double with a powerful strike under the bar (71 ‘). Bayern is thus placed at the foot of the podium, among a group of four teams with four points, with Hoffenheim, Bayer Leverkusen and Friborg.

• Serie A: Mourinho wins for his return to Italy

José Mourinho, back in Serie A on the bench of AS Rome eleven years after his historic treble with Inter Milan, made his debut Sunday at the Stadio Olimpico, with a victory over Fiorentina (3-1). This inaugural success bears the mark of rookie Tammy Abraham, who caused the exclusion of the Tuscan goalkeeper early in the match (17th) then offered the first goal to Henrikh Mkhitaryan (26th) and Frenchman Jordan Veretout, author of a double. (64th, 79th). Without Cristiano Ronaldo at the kickoff, Juventus on the other hand got off to a bad start by giving up two points on the field of Udinese (2-2), betrayed by his goalkeeper. CR7 entered only on the hour mark, thought to have saved the Turinese in added time with a winning header but the Portuguese star’s goal was canceled by the VAR for a very limited offside. This unexpected draw looks like a false start for Massimiliano Allegri, who returned to the bench to bring the “Old Lady” back to the top two years after the end of her first adventure in Turin, which ended with five league titles in five seasons. The Bianconeri are already behind Inter Milan, reigning champions who launched their season perfectly on Saturday against Genoa (4-0), but also on the other big cars, started off on the right foot.

With AFP and Reuters