Auxerre overthrows Reims, Nantes neutralizes Nice and Toulouse held by Angers

Hectic afternoon on the Ligue 1 pitches. After Lyon’s solid performance at Le Havre (0-4), Stade de Reims had a much more difficult time on the AJ Auxerre pitch. The match, in fact, initially went towards the locals. After receiving a good ball deep into the area, Sinaly Diomandé sent a powerful strike into the left corner of the goal, behind the goalkeeper, and thus opened the scoring for his team (16th, 1-0). Around ten minutes later, Christophe Pélissier’s men even had the opportunity to double the lead. After a foul by Buta, the referee awarded a penalty to Auxerrois (34th). However, Yehvann Diouf, attentive, managed the feat of stopping Jubal’s shot (36th), and kept his team afloat.

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“The rest of the period was still in favor of Auxerre, who managed to maintain good pressure on their opponent. Returning from the locker room, Hamed Traoré, in leg that day, doubled the lead with a Nice achievement during a face-to-face with the goalkeeper The reduction of the gap of the tireless Keito Nakamura (95th, 2-1) ultimately changed nothing in the final result, nor in the defeat of his team which. had the opportunity to get back on the podium, finally let their chance pass. The Champagne club will be satisfied with a 6th place. Conversely, Auxerre does well and gains two places. The club is in 12th place with 9. points.

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The other important result of the day is the draw between Nantes and Nice. Back to back at half-time, it was the Canaries who took the lead first, thanks to a well-placed header from Matthis Abline (68th, 1-0). Nice, however, did not let the euphoria settle in for long for their opponent. From the 72nd minute of play, Evann Guessand sent his ball into the opponent’s left corner (1-1) and regained the score. No additional movement on the counter. With this draw, the Niçois gained 8th place in Ligue 1 on goal difference, and the Nantes residents moved up to 9th position, tied on points with their opponents of the day.

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Finally at the Toulouse Stadium, the Violets were initially surprised from the start before straightening out the situation. Angevins striker Ibrahima Niane only needed five minutes to slip a ball into the Toulouse cage (5th, 0-1). At the hour mark, however, Joshua King recovered the score (64th, 1-1). Toulouse, 15th, is flirting with the relegation zone, while Angers is already one foot in with its 17th place.