Provocative celebration, VAR confusion and summer sensation light up Ligue 1’s fourth round | OneFootball

A stunning strike, a provocative celebration and an early VAR tangle defined Ligue 1’s fourth round.

According to Le Progres, controversy and standout moments dominated the weekend. At Strasbourg, Paris Brunner hit a long-range equaliser in a 1-1 draw, then mimed a throat-slitting gesture. He later said he reacted to insults about his family and did not intend disrespect.

In the second minute at Lille, Dilane Bakwa struck a post and Hakon Haraldsson scored. After the restart play was halted six seconds later and, following a VAR check, the goal was ruled offside. Lille still won 2-0 through Tiago Santos and Ethan Mbappé.

Auxerre earned an indirect free-kick on 10 minutes after Yehvann Diouf handled Axel Witsel’s back-pass, and Danny Namaso’s effort from the lay-off was blocked by Djibril Coulibaly. Cameron Archer later struck late to beat Nice 1-0, leaving Olivier Pantaloni’s side bottom after two defeats in four.

Lorient’s Ibrahima Baldé marked his first Ligue 1 start by scoring in a 2-2 draw with Toulouse. Signed from Rodez in early September, the 23-year-old had already hit five in Ligue 2, including a hat-trick against Nantes, and now has six league goals since early August.

Brest paid tribute to Eric Roy before facing PSG, with a video and a 58th-minute chant for their former coach, who died in June aged 58 after a long illness. They lost 1-0.

Source: Le Progres

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