Félix Correia's brace helps Lille crush Metz 6-1 in French league

PARIS (AP) — Forward Félix Correia scored a brace and provided an assist as Lille thrashed bottom side Metz 6-1 in the French league on Sunday to stay within reach of leader Paris Saint-Germain.

It was the second time this season that the northern side won by at least five goals after previously routing Lorient 7-1.

Lille lags three points behind defending champion PSG, which moved one point clear of Lens at the top of the French league with a 3-0 win at Brest on Saturday.

Still winless after nine matches, Metz remained in last place.

Despite striker Olivier Giroud's absence, Lille was unstoppable after Hamza Igamane broke the deadlock in the 24th minute.

Hákon Haraldsson, Benjamin André and Romain Perraud scored Lille's other goals, with Ibou Sané pulling one back for the visitors deep in stoppage time.

Strasbourg lost 2-1 at Lyon and missed the chance to move level on points with Lens. Lyon is fourth after Afonso Moreira's stoppage-time winner.

Strasbourg played with 10 men after Ismael Doukoure, who had earlier scored an own-goal, was sent off.

Rennes coach Habib Beye's future at the Brittany side is under threat after a 2-1 loss at home to Nice. Rennes' second league loss this season extended the club's winless run to five matches.

Sofiane Diop got his fifth goal of the season for Nice. He opened the scoring with a beautiful curling shot after a cut-back pass from Jonathan Clauss, who turned from provider to scorer just before halftime.

Struggling Angers claimed a second win this season by defeating Lorient 2-0.

Le Havre bounced back by winning 1-0 at Auxerre after getting thrashed 6-2 by Marseille last weekend.

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Rennes' Anthony Rouault dribbles Nice's Hamza Koutoune during the French League One soccer match between Rennes and Nice, Sunday Oct. 26, 2025 in Rennes, western France. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez)

Rennes' fans chant in the stands before the French League One soccer match between Rennes and Nice, Sunday Oct. 26, 2025 in Rennes, western France. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez)

Rennes' head coach Habib Beye during the French League One soccer match between Rennes and Nice, Sunday Oct. 26, 2025 in Rennes, western France. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez)

Nice's Sofiane Diop celebrates after scoring his side's first goal during the French League One soccer match between Rennes and Nice, Sunday Oct. 26, 2025 in Rennes, western France. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez)

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday fired off another warning to the government of Cuba as the close ally of Venezuela braces for potential widespread unrest after Nicolás Maduro was deposed as Venezuela's leader.

Cuba, a major beneficiary of Venezuelan oil, has now been cut off from those shipments as U.S. forces continue to seize tankers in an effort to control the production, refining and global distribution of the country's oil products.

Trump said on social media that Cuba long lived off Venezuelan oil and money and had offered security in return, “BUT NOT ANYMORE!”

“THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA - ZERO!” Trump said in the post as he spent the weekend at his home in southern Florida. “I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.” He did not explain what kind of deal.

The Cuban government said 32 of its military personnel were killed during the American operation last weekend that captured Maduro. The personnel from Cuba’s two main security agencies were in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, as part of an agreement between Cuba and Venezuela.

“Venezuela doesn’t need protection anymore from the thugs and extortionists who held them hostage for so many years,” Trump said Sunday. “Venezuela now has the United States of America, the most powerful military in the World (by far!), to protect them, and protect them we will.”

Trump also responded to another account’s social media post predicting that his secretary of state, Marco Rubio, will be president of Cuba: “Sounds good to me!” Trump said.

Trump and top administration officials have taken an increasingly aggressive tone toward Cuba, which had been kept economically afloat by Venezuela. Long before Maduro's capture, severe blackouts were sidelining life in Cuba, where people endured long lines at gas stations and supermarkets amid the island’s worst economic crisis in decades.

Trump has said previously that the Cuban economy, battered by years of a U.S. embargo, would slide further with the ouster of Maduro.

“It’s going down,” Trump said of Cuba. “It’s going down for the count.”

A person watches the oil tanker Ocean Mariner, Monrovia, arrive to the bay in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

President Donald Trump attends a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)