Lille overthrows Nice and takes 3rd place

Lacking pace in the league with three consecutive draws, Lille was looking to revive against Nice, buoyed by its recent success in the Coupe de France against Marseille (1-1, 4-3 on the tabs). The Mastiffs hoped to regain their positive momentum in the championship after this performance. For their part, despite a squad decimated by injuries, the Aiglons had a string of good results in Ligue 1, with 10 points taken out of 12 possible. Franck Haise and his players arrived in the North determined to confirm their ambitions against an opponent looking for renewal.

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The match quickly got heated. From the 4th minute of play, the Aiglons sounded the first charges on the Lille goal. Laborde, well served in the area, curled a shot with his right foot. Chevalier made a superb save to prevent the opening score, thus conceding a corner to Nice. However, we had to wait until the half-hour mark to see the counters unlock. On a new cross from Clauss from the right lane, Chevalier missed his intervention and pushed back into the axis. Diop, ideally placed, just had to push the ball to finish (29th, 0-1). A few minutes later, Guessand narrowly missed a great opportunity to make the break (33rd).

Lille regains the advantage in the second half

Returning from the locker room, Sahraoui, who came on at the break in place of Cabella, quickly energized the LOSC attack. Thus, on a good offensive build, Jonathan David sent his ball to Hakon Haraldsson in the area, who rolled well to deceive Marcin Bulka and get back to the score (48th, 1-1). At the hour mark, the Mastiffs regained their dominance and got back in front of the Niçois. On a corner taken by Bakker, Diakité, alone at the far post, took the time to adjust and scored the advantage goal (63rd, 2-1).

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Despite several attempts on both sides, the score remained unchanged. This great and important success allows LOSC to climb to 3rd place in the standings, taking advantage of AS Monaco’s bitter setback against Montpellier earlier in the day. For its part, Nice falls one place and is in 5th position in Ligue 1 with 30 points, behind Monaco and ahead of Olympique Lyonnais and Lens.