Montpellier has taken a new step towards a qualification in the European Cup with his victory against Metz while Bordeaux has been looking for essential points on the lawn of Marseille, in this 20th day that is played over three days with Lyon who could ensure a new title in D1 tomorrow against Soyaux.


Montpellier won this afternoon against FC Metz on the score of 6-0. A result that allows the Héraultaises to get closer to Europe with two more games to play. For FC Metz, the hopes of maintenance remains mathematically possible but compromised in reality with an end of the championship, where the Messines meet the top three of the standings in the last four days of the championship.


Montpellier managed to open the mark in the 11th minute by Valérie Gauvin, before Anouk Dekker added a second goal late in the first period (42nd). The two players who scored each a double in this match, Gauvin registering the third goal in Montpellier in the 67th minute while Anouk Dekker will score the last goal of the game (89th). Meanwhile, Marie-Charlotte Léger (80th) and Lindsey Thomas (84th) also added to the addition in favor of Montpellier. Both entered the last half hour of play, instead of Valerie Gauvin and Marion Torrent.


For Montpellier, the end of the season should settle down next weekend with a match between Olympique Lyonnais and Paris Saint-Germain who could definitively freeze the hierarchy at the top of the table in case of victory for OL. For Metz, it is an imperative victory that will have to go to face Guingamp to hope to remain in the elite next season.


Bordeaux maintains its hopes of maintaining


In addition to this defeat, Metz sees Bordeaux move ahead in the standings after the Girondines 1-0 win over Olympique de Marseille. A success in the final minutes of play that ends a series of seven home wins for OM. A result that also confirms the performance of the Bordelaises Wednesday against Olympique Lyonnais where the players of Jerome Dauba have long resisted the leaders of the championship.


Both teams had the opportunity to open the scoring, first Bordeaux in the first half with two strokes shot by Andréa Lardez and Emelyne Laurent with each time Pauline Peyraud-Magnin decisive on his line (34th). After the break, Salomé Elisor hits the bar (48th), the midfielder who replaces Nora Coton-Pelagie who will be absent for the end of the season.


At the start of the last quarter-hour, Caroline Pizzala gets a red card after a dangerous tackle, but it is the OM that pushes in the last minutes. Several sets of kicks are linked to the end of regulation time, and following a free-kick from Marseille, Emelyne Laurent escapes against and scores for the Bordeaux (88th).


This goal will be the only player in this match won by Bordeaux. With these three points, the Girondines remain relegated but return to a point of Saint-Etienne to two days of the end. A maintenance that Bordeaux will have to go to face the two formations in the Paris region, Juvisy and PSG.