Lyon continued its awakening when it turned the tables on its guest, Rennes, with a precious 3-1 victory on Sunday in the thirtieth stage of the French Football Championship .

Rennes was the first to score through the center of his attack of Algerian origin, Amine Guerre, in the 11th minute, but Lyon rose up in the second half and scored a hat-trick, which was alternated by Corentin Tolisso (60), Alexandre Lacazette (68) and Bradley Barcola (79).

Lacazette consolidated its position in second place on the scorers' list with 18 goals, one behind the leaders, Paris Saint-Germain strikers Kylian Mbappe and Lille Canadian international Jonathan David.

Lyon quickly regained its balance after its exit from the Cup competition at the hands of Nantes (0-1) on Wednesday, and achieved its second victory in a row after three consecutive draws.

Lyon, who beat leaders Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 in the “Parc des Princes” in the last stage, rose to seventh place with 47 points, refreshing its hopes of competing for one of the continental cards, as it is separated by five points from Lille, the fifth-placed player who qualifies for the “Conference” competition. League”, and 11 points from Monaco, who qualified fourth for the European League competition, "Europa League".

"You always have to have faith in sport and in life," his coach Laurent Blanc said after the match. "The last match in a series of three matches in a week is often the most physically demanding and after Wednesday's disappointment, the first 45 minutes were proof of that as Rennes took advantage and scored a goal." He could have benefited more."

"I was confident that we would improve in the second half and I was right because we hit hard in the second half," he added.

On the other hand, Ren continued bleeding points and suffered his second loss in a row, so his balance froze at 50 points in sixth place.

In turn, Marseille continued to bleed points and failed to catch up with Lens to second place by falling into a goalless draw against its host Lorient.

It is the second consecutive draw for Marseille and the third in its last three matches, so it fell to third place with 61 points, two points behind his former partner Lens, who won Strasbourg 2-1 on Friday at the opening of the stage, while Lorient strengthened its position in tenth place with 45 points.

Monaco wasted the opportunity to tighten the screws on Marseille by falling into a 2-2 draw at Nantes.
Monaco advanced with two clean goals in the first half through Axel Desassi (21) and the Belgian Elliot Matazzo (30), and Nantes responded with two goals to Egyptian international Mustafa Mohamed (65) and Ludovic Blass (78).
Mohamed scored his personal goal for the second and third for Nantes, but it was canceled due to offside after resorting to the video assistant referee (VAR) in the 85th minute.
Monaco strengthened its position in fourth place with 58 points, while Nantes raised its score to 31 points in fourteenth place.

Auxerre continued its quest to move away from the positions leading to the second division with its second successive victory, and it was at the expense of its host Ajaccio, who ranked nineteenth before the last, with three clean goals, which were alternately scored by the financials, Perama Toure (3), Nuno da Costa from Cape Verde (6), and Michael Alphonse (45). +1 for an own-goal foul).

Auxerre rose to fifteenth place with 29 points, one point ahead of Brest, who wasted a victory within reach at the expense of its host Reims, and fell into the trap of a tie with a goal by Pierre Le-Melo (6) against a goal by the Englishman Folarin Balogan (90 from a penalty kick).

It is the eighteenth goal for Balogan this season, making it equal to Lacazette in second place on the scorers list.

Toulouse regained its winning streak after two consecutive losses when it defeated its host Montpellier with two goals from Dutchman Theis Dalinga (31) and Algerian international Fares Chaibi (85) against a goal by Elie Wahi (88).
Troyes XVIII was not better than Ajaccio, losing to its guest Clermont-Ferrand with two clean goals scored by the Austrian Mohamed Cham (27) and Johan Gastien (30).

Clermont-Ferrand strengthened its position in the eleventh place with 40 points, two points behind Toulouse, who snatched the twelfth place from Montpellier, by one point.