Heavy awaits the two teams next weekend: Nantes will go to Marseille on Saturday while Lille will host PSG on Sunday. On these projections, I wish you a good night!
Lille generally appeared superior to Nantes, especially in the second period, the Mastiffs wore their fangs on a formidable Alban Lafont. Losc take a point away from home, FCN scored their first goal in an official match this season, so we’re going to say that everyone is pretty much happy.
90th+3: +3: We are heading straight for a draw there. Yes, I am a journalist.
4 minutes stoppage time
90th : Here, the first Nantes yellow card, for Bernard Girotto (do you have it?)
87th : Small fright for the people of Nantes. But Girotto’s mimin on a Lille corner is not sanctioned with a penalty.
85th : Former Rennais Jonas Martin makes his debut with Lille. He replaces Claudio Gomes in the middle.
82nd: Perfectly served by Simon, Guessand tries to lob Jardim well out in front of him. Above the Lille crossroads, again.
81st : Even if the forest of Brocéliande burns, Merlin stays the course and tries a nice strike from 25 meters. Above Leo Jardim’s goal.
78th : As his balding head proves, Ismaily is not a partridge of the year. The 32-year-old left-back arrives from Chakhtar Donetsk. And he is therefore Brazilian, not Egyptian like Mostafa Mohamed, the new Nantes striker who is completely transparent and who has just been replaced by ex-Nice Evann Guessand.
75th: LILLOISE EQUALIZATION!!! The Brazilian Ismaily, very fast since entering the break, paces his left flank, relies on two teammates then deceives Lafont with a cross shot. The Nantes goalkeeper can’t do everything either.
73rd: BAMBA!!! His shot is deflected for a corner not a tackle from Castelletto!
71st : Another very big game from Nicolas Pallois. The Nantes defender is not far from being the best non-international French defender. In my humble opinion huh.
69th : Well, the rhythm is well dropped there. The current cool break will perhaps allow the two teams to move forward.
65th : The people of Nantes seem to have let the Lille storm pass. For opportunities to take shelter, we will have to wait.
59th : Kombouaré brings in the Brazilian Fabio on the right side, much more defensive than Coco, whom he replaces.
58th: LAFONT AGAIN!!! Already excellent in Angers, the Nantes captain is exceptional this evening. The doorman trained at TFC is once again opposed to Cabella, perfectly served back by Bamba.
56th: Oh the stoppage of Lafont with his right arm, on a minasse from Cabella!!!
53rd: NANTES SAVED BY THE BAR!!! The head was signed Benjamin André! Lille is growing more and more.
52nd : The game has been taking place a lot within 30 meters of Nantes since the resumption. But Bayo is not having a good night at all.
50th: Free kick from Cabella perfectly boxed by Lafont. Big contrast between the serenity of the Nantes goalkeeper and that of Lille Jardim this evening.
47th : Moses Simon hazes entry Bafodé Diakité. Corner for Nantes.
10:03 p.m .: The second half is on!
10:01 p.m. : The two Lille side will leave. Remember that Zedadka and Djalo were warned in the first half, like Fonte and André. The Brazilian Ismaily enters on the left, and the former Toulousain Diakité on the right.
9:47 p.m.: It’s halftime. Nantes scored their first official match goal this season thanks to Moses Simon, who had previously found the post. The advantage at the break is not stolen, even if Lille could have equalized without the splendid relaxation of Alban Lafont on a header from Jonathan Bamba. A little break, and we’ll meet again in a few minutes.
45th: OH THE GHOST OF LEO JARDIM, the Lille goalkeeper!!! Fortunately for LOSC, Rémy Cabella manages to counter Ludovic Blas’ attempt, because the goal was empty.
44th : Bayo then David try to worry Lafont, but it ends in a corner for Lille, well boxed by the Nantes goalkeeper.
39th : Oh how clever “Papy” Fonte is on the spot! The Portuguese captain of LOSC, almost forty years old, manages to block Moses Simon in extremis, however launched like the Micheline on the SNCF line between Toulouse and Auch. Nice job.
37th : Fourth warning for LOSC!!! Benjamin André puts a late tackle on Chirivella. More than a third of the team with a yellow in not even a half, we are not far from unprecedented I think.
30th : A small point on Alexsandro, the young central defender of LOSC, arrived this summer from Chaves, promoted to Portuguese D1. The replacement for Sven Botman, very clumsy and not the last to put on strands, looks a bit bothered with his feet for the moment (in 5 minutes, he makes me lie like Simon and plants a goal from 20 meters after five stepovers).
Definitely, the Ghanaian has been on fire for a few minutes. Merlin’s corner is nicely deflected at the near post by Girotto, and Simon, on the lookout in a static defense, opens the scoring!
Well you see Moses, when you want! Splendid curled shot from the right, pivoting, slightly deflected and pushed back by the left post of Leo Jardim.
22nd : Small cool break, given that it is over 30° in Nantes. This does not prevent Paulo Fonseca, the Lille coach, from wearing the white shirt with rare elegance (and without halos under his arms).
20th : I don’t want to look like I’m trying hard, but Moses Simon still took a set piece (a corner here) no matter how.
18th : Three Lille defenders warned in three minutes! After Zedadka, it is the left side Djalo who takes a yellow for having hung Moutoussamy, then the captain Fonte for having grumbled. The Portuguese was very upset because the Nantes player made a hand on the spot.
15th: WHAT IT’S BAD!!! Simon sends an old woman’s fart into the wall. Will have to wake up Moses…
14′: Merlin rebels and he is nastily held back by Zedadka, the Lille right-back who takes the first yellow of the game. Nice free kick for Nantes.
11th : Po po po, Jonathan David putting Quentin Merlin on his ass on his hook. He is in Cannes, the Canadian from LOSC, 100 days from the World Cup that the Caribou will play. Yes, I know, it’s the Canucks but I still write what I want.
10th : The public at La Beaujoire sings in honor of Emiliano Sala, accompanied by the visitor car park. A little nicer than the threats against poor Strootman and his family…
9th : Oh the stupid corner conceded by Castelletto, the Nantes defender who slips. Without consequence.
7th : Moses Simon hits an incomprehensible candle that endangers his own defense. But the Canaries are doing well.
5th: THE HEAD OF BAMBA!!! Right next to the Nantes goal. And yes, it goes from one goal to another in the Talent League.
4th : Big dumpling from Alexsandro, the Lille defender, on an opening from Merlin. But he is catching up well.
2nd : First ball for Blas which “grigrite” and make the Nantes public roar with pleasure.
1st: Let’s go to La Beaujoire!
According to Prime Video, the broadcaster of the match, the FCN has not beaten LOSC at La Beaujoire since 2004. Yes, with Jacques Chirac at the Elysée and Jean-Pierre Raffarin at Matignon.
She was taken from The Team of the day. Nantes have won just one of their last 26 Ligue 1 games against Lille…
Perhaps (probably) the last with the Canaries for the ex-Guingampais, acclaimed by Beaujoire during the composition of the teams. Life is caustic, often.
8:43 p.m. : Curious to see what this Nantes attack Simon – Mohamed will give. Will have to whip to make people forget Kolo Muani, who left for Frankfurt this summer.
Well, here. Not a fan of the font, but hey…
Ludovic Blas, who could soon join Lille, will start the match with the Canaries. On the other hand, Moussa Sissoko, returned from his long English exile, injured his thigh yesterday in training. It is therefore forfeited.
8:30 p.m .: HELLO LES GALOPINS!!! So like that, we spend these Friday evenings taking an interest in Ligue 1? Excellent choice (well, we all wish that).
After its easy inaugural success over the promoted Auxerrois (4-1), Losc travels to La Beaujoire this Friday, for the opening match of the second day of Ligue 1. The FCN will try to garner its first success ( and to score his first goal) in an official match this season, after the thrashing during the Champions Trophy against PSG (0-4) then the draw at Angers in L1 (0-0).
>> We meet around 8:30 p.m. for this clash between ambitious teams.