The electricity was palpable on the lawn of the Beaujoire. On the one hand, Nantes, stuck in doubt, looking for a start to flee the red zone. On the other, Lille, sounded by European elimination, but still in search of the precious sesame for the Champions League. This match, more than a simple Ligue 1 duel, resounded as a character test for the two teams.
A cruel scenario for Lille
From the first minutes, the Nantes speaker vibrated under the intensity put by its players. A first thrill roasted the stands in the 10th minute when the young LĂ©rout won a splendid strike that shattered the knight bar. A free warning for Lille, which gradually taken control of the ball.
Lille then thought of imposing his rhythm, taking advantage of a Timoré Nantes block. Haraldsson (18th), Sahraoui (31st) and David (38th) were trying to worry Lopes, but the Imperial Canari porter turned off each Lille incursion. The DOGUES dominated, but without concretizing, leaving a scent of frustration in the northern camp. The rest of the match was going to prove them right.
For his part, Nantes played by sequences. A strike on the Leroux bar in the 10th minute sounded as a warning, but the Canaries suffered more than they imposed their rhythm.
Nantes alarm clock and Mohamed's lightning
After the break, the Canaries returned with a more conquering face. Thomas saw his head hit the bar (50th), then he did it in the 67th minute with a close recovery that finished … once again on the amount. Three posts in one match: bad luck seemed to continue Nantes.
The expulsion of Castelletto in the 74th minute for a fault in the position of last defender still complicated the task of the premises. Lille, in numerical superiority, accelerated and finally thought of forcing the decision. Bakker (80th) and Haraldsson (85th) put Lopes to contribution, but the Nantes porter was insurmountable. And the time he was beaten, he was replaced by his transversal, after a head of David (92nd).
And then, the unthinkable happened. In the 84th minute, against the course of the game, Moses Simon overflowed on the left side and deposited a perfect center on the head of Mostafa Mohamed. The Egyptian rose above than everyone and catapult the ball at the bottom of the nets, offering victory to his family.
Nantes breathes, Lille plunges
This success allows Canaries to get air and climb 13th place with six points ahead of the barragist. Lille, he cashes a dark week: after elimination in the Champions League, this is a frustrating defeat that relegates him to 5th place. For Bruno Genesio and his men, the reaction must be immediate on pain of seeing Europe move away.
