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The Aiglons lost this Saturday in Nantes (1-0). They lost for the first time in Ligue 1 and gave PSG the opportunity to perhaps escape in the lead.
For the first time this season this Saturday, OGC Nice lost on the Nantes pitch (1-0). The Nantes residents opened the scoring thanks to Florent Mollet (24th). The Aiglons are having a good time and will perhaps let PSG take a four-point lead at the top of the championship, which will play this Sunday against Le Havre. Jocelyn Gourvennec, present for the first time on the FC Nantes bench, perfectly launches this new era.
Second in Ligue 1, just one point behind PSG, and one of the only three undefeated teams this season in Europe (along with Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen), OGC Nice started this meeting flat-footed. Monopolizing the ball and thanks to Moffi who seemed in great form, they got the first opportunity of the match from a corner via a volley from Thuram (10th), which Lafont pushed back for a corner. But in the 24th minute, it was the locals who opened the scoring. Taking advantage of a cross from Simon, untenable on Saturday evening, Sissoko took advantage of a nice backheel from his captain Chirivella to push Bulka into the parade.
But Mollet was hanging around and took the opportunity to push the ball into the back of the net. Just before the break, the Mediterranean pushed and created two new situations, which Lafont repelled. His parade on the head of Moffi (46th) is worth the detour. At half-time, the Beaujoire residents came home leading by the smallest of margins.
Despite the lack of success, Nantes held their advantage
While Nice were expected to return from the locker room with a knife between their teeth, it was their opponents who proved to be the most dangerous in the second act. Despite everything, Moffi got himself a new opportunity but sent his volley into the stands (47th) then did not get his header on target (56th). And it was the locals who almost doubled the lead, since Augusto smashed the crossbar after a well-executed counterattack. At the end of the match hosted by Moses Simon, the Nantes wisp also came close to doubling the lead. On a ball released by Bulka, he found the right post. At the end of the match, Farioli’s men pushed but came up against an impassable yellow wall. The Nantes residents won by the smallest of margins and climbed to eighth place in the ranking, while awaiting the matches of their opponents.
