Nice takes on Rennes in a lively match to kick off the year

A shock of quality! This Friday evening, OGC Nice actually hosted Stade Rennais as part of the sixteenth day of Ligue 1. A meeting which saw the Riviera club win with a score of three goals to two and temporarily move up to fourth place. of the ranking. For its part, the SRFC remains twelfth, under threat from Strasbourg.

A lively match, Nice more realistic

The match will start with a bang. From the twelfth minute of play, Tanguy Ndombélé will find a magnificent space to find Evann Guessand, who takes advantage of Steve Mandanda's hesitation to win his duel against Mikayil Faye and open the score. The two teams fight each other blow for blow. In the 27th minute of play, Stade Rennais will come back to the level. Ludovic Blas, in turn, will find one of his partners on a marvel of a ball. Arnaud Kalimuendo, author of a good call, deceives Marcin Bulka at point blank range and resets the counters to zero. The match is more than underway. Shortly after half an hour of play, Steve Mandanda made a big mistake. Il Fenomeno completely misses his recovery in the axis, which allows Sofiane Diop to find the net and restore the advantage to OGC Nice.

At the end of added time, Franck Haise's men will take the break. After a lot of work from Evann Guessand, Gaëtan Laborde is found in the middle and takes the center from his attacking partner by tackling. The Aiglons are much better at the end of the first period… but will not return at the same time as their opponents from the locker room. From the start of the second half, SRFC reduced the gap with a heavy strike from Adrien Truffert, who had followed the action well. Everything is restarted… but the score will not change despite multiple opportunities on both sides. Note the return to competition of Séko Fofana, just purchased by the Bretons from Al-Nassr. At the start of added time, Pablo Rosario was also sent off for hitting Arnaud Kalimuendo in the chest.