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Brest held on to beat struggling Metz 43 and consolidate second place within the French league on Sunday, shifting the unheralded membership nearer to qualification for the Champions League for the primary time.
PARIS: Brest held on to beat struggling Metz 4-3 and consolidate second place within the French league on Sunday, shifting the unheralded membership nearer to qualification for the Champions League for the primary time.
The residence aspect led 4-1 however received pegged again to 4-3 after Georgia ahead Georges Mikautadze struck two late targets. Brest trimmed Paris Saint-Germain’s huge result in 10 factors with solely six video games left.
Brest has by no means completed greater than eighth in its historical past, and Europe’s elite competitors is inside attain for the small membership from Brittany. Governing physique UEFA not too long ago visited the 15,000-seater Stade Francis Le Blé amid issues it won’t meet the norms to host Champions League video games.
Metz took a shock lead after six minutes when defender Ismaël Traoré turned in Lamine Camara’s nook.
But the house followers loved a 3-1 halftime scoreline due to targets from defender Brendan Chardonnet, midfielder Kamory Doumbia and striker Steve Mounié. Uruguay ahead MartÃn Satriano headed within the fourth purpose on the hour mark.
Metz once more confirmed good attacking intent however is seventeenth within the 18-team league, with solely six rounds left to keep away from relegation after only one season within the high league.
Also Sunday, third-place Monaco beat Rennes 1-0 to remain inside one level of Brest, with midfielder Maghnes Akliouche hitting a first-time shot from a left-wing cross within the twenty fifth.
Both sides had a participant despatched off: Rennes ahead Martin Terrier within the forty seventh for a harmful deal with on Akliouche, and Monaco defender Thilo Kehrer for a second yellow within the sixty fourth.
Nantes hosted Lyon within the late recreation.
OTHER MATCHES
Fifth-place Nice drew 0-0 at Reims, and Toulouse vs. Strasbourg additionally completed scoreless.
Téji Savanier’s second-half penalty and an injury-time purpose from substitute Yann Karamoh gave Thirteenth-place Montpellier a 2-0 residence win towards Lorient.
PSG was held 1-1 at residence by rock-bottom Clermont on Saturday.
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