Overview
- Lens beat Toulouse 3-0 to secure the midseason lead, with Wesley Saïd, Adrien Thomasson and Ismaelo Ganiou scoring after an early red card to Emersonn and a late head injury to Djibril Sidibé.
- Lyon won 3-1 at Monaco behind a Pavel Sulc brace before Abner Vinicius sealed it, extending Monaco’s slump in a match that also saw Mamadou Coulibaly sent off.
- Rennes prevailed 2-0 at Lille thanks to Przemysław Frankowski and Valentin Merlin following Alexsandro’s early dismissal, while Nice drew 1-1 with Strasbourg in Claude Puel’s debut as Elye Wahi equalized.
- Senegal advanced to the CAN quarterfinals by beating Sudan 3-1 with a Pape Gueye double and Ibrahim Mbaye’s clincher, and will face Mali after the Eagles eliminated Tunisia on penalties following a 1-1 draw.
- Gabon’s sports authorities dissolved the national team’s technical staff, suspended the team, and sidelined Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Bruno Ecuele-Manga, with a kit supplier scandal involving the ‘Gaboma’ brand under scrutiny.