“We brought together a crisis unit and after listening to all the interlocutors, it was decided to resume the meeting after a warm-up time for the players and ensuring that the security conditions are met,” said announced the delegate of the meeting on DAZN, after about half an hour of interruption.
The players from both teams then returned to the pitch, and after a brief warm-up, finished the few minutes that remained to be played.
The supporters of the Loire stand had already briefly interrupted the match in the first half by throwing tennis balls and toilet paper towards the goals of Alban Lafont, the Nantes goalkeeper.
They left the stadium and calm returned a few minutes after the match was interrupted.
Nantes has not won in Ligue 1 since the 3rd day on August 31 and a 3-1 victory at Montpellier and occupies 16th place in the championship, that of play-off, which it owes only to the late defeat of Angers at Auxerre at the same time (1-0).
Nice overthrows Strasbourg and enters the Top 5
Badly started at the break despite a clear domination, Nice managed to reverse the course of the match to beat Strasbourg (2-1), Sunday evening at the end of the 12th day, at the Allianz Riviera, and thus enter the Top 5 of Ligue 1.
Fifth with 20 points after this eighth match without defeat in the league (four wins, four draws), Franck Haise's Nice, which has not lost in L1 since September 14 (2-0 defeat in Marseille), finally seems having reached a cruising speed in the elite.
However, everything remains fragile for the Aiglons, still handicapped by a significant number of injuries (eight players in the infirmary), and forced, for the first time this season, to start a match with a four-man defense (4-3- 3).
But through self-sacrifice, the Niçois, trailing at the break following a goal from Dilane Bakwa on the only Strasbourg opportunity (0-1, 20th), reversed the trend. They can now focus with peace of mind on hosting Glasgow Rangers on Thursday, for a crucial match in the race to qualify for the Europa League play-offs.
Beaten by Monaco (3-1) at home before the break, Strasbourg, for its part, had in mind to find a positive dynamic. But in Nice, the players of English coach Liam Rosenior largely failed.
From the start, Nice imposed very high pressure on their opponent, struggling to get the balls out cleanly. But between the lack of technical accuracy of some, such as Pablo Rosario, and the chronic inability of others to make the appropriate gesture in front of the opposing goal (Diop, 5th; Cho, 12th), the Aiglons did not manage to take the top.
Bard changes the game
And on one of the rare high Alsatian recoveries, following a missed pass from Tom Louchet, Ismaël Doukouré served Félix Lemaréchal. The ex-Monegasque gave an excellent ball to Bakwa, author of a perfect call inside which surprised Melvin Bard. His shot at the near post beat Marcin Bulka, too short (0-1, 20th).
Like Evann Guessand, combative but clumsy, and Mahomed-Ali Cho, twirling but uninspired, Nice then attacked, without success, until the break. Despite eleven shots from Nice, against only one from Strasbourg, they led at the break.
If the loss of two elements of the starting eleven due to injury (Doukouré, affected in a right ankle and replaced by Mwanga in the 26th, and Wiley, injured in the right shoulder replaced by Senaya) never made them vary in their principles game, the Alsatians however began to sway after the break.
Coming out of his defense for a sharp and deep call, Melvin Bard, served perfectly by Sofiane Diop, first equalized (1-1, 54th). And as is often the case, Nice continued to push.
Diop again tried to serve Guessand. In a duel with his Ivorian compatriot, Abakar Sylla, the Nice striker created confusion in the Alsatian defense. And the central defender scored against his side, the winning goal for Nice (2-1, 62nd).
Strasbourg then finally tried to react. Without success. And Nice, still not very productive, could have won with a greater margin. But if Bard (90th+2) and Laborde (90th+3) lacked precision, Nice, undefeated at home this season, logically won.
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