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00:00Can Lille bounce back from their European heartache in midweek they travel here to
00:10Nantes today to take on the Canaries they haven't lost any of the last 18
00:14meetings with Nantes in Ligue 1. A run they'd like to extend this afternoon and if they
00:22can do that it would be a big boost to their chances of a return to the
00:26Champions League next season. Not beginning the day just three points above
00:30the relegation playoff place four points above the bottom two.
00:36André looking for the big switch out to the right-hand side for Mitchell backer
00:41Haraldsen into the penalty box trying to cut it back towards David's cleared away
00:48by Said Hussein.
00:51Thomas will get on the end of this and try his luck from the angle turned into
01:01decent pass for Moses Simon. Simon with the step over looking to lay it back for
01:07Leroux and Leroux hits the crossbar. Moses Simon teeing up Louis Leroux just
01:12stepped back into a bit of space inside the penalty box tried his luck in the
01:16shot.
01:30Overzealous I think from the Spaniard on.
01:35Steps infield just tries to open up the play for André the captain. André's cross
01:41Haraldsen's header. How can Haraldsen is one of the smallest players on the
01:46pitch.
01:49The chance for André's cross and Haraldsen just about on the side
01:55header swatted away by Antony Lopez.
02:02Glorious summer for Les Bleus of course led by Michel Platini.
02:07First major international honour.
02:12Haraldsen touches it on. David is in behind Jonathan David he puts it wide.
02:19Lopez
02:23Probably got away from Said Hussein a bit too easily from a not perspective.
02:28Antony Lopez really unhappy with his defense there. David looking for a 15th
02:35Ligue 1 goal this season.
02:40And there is the halftime whistle.
02:45Some of the boos coming from the stands difficult game 0-0. So far I think this
02:49is a good result for them after 45 minutes of play. It is 0-0 here on
02:54BUSports. We'll take a short break but to come back with the highlights from the
03:29And Lille are in that cluster. Mitchell backer looking for Haraldsen but a bit
03:36mixed up. It's picked up by Simon. Can understand why Bruno Genesio wanted to
03:41rotate so little time in between the two games. Adeline Chevalier does really
03:46well. He's taken a knock to the head. And Lille defense will get that ball clear to
03:53safety. The referee has to stop the play here because Adeline and the head of the
03:58Lille goalkeeper. Not Adeline rather it was Sorba Thomas sliding in.
04:15It was a slight contact but enough for there to be concern. Adeline with the
04:20cutback. It was the lower leg, the left leg of the knock player which collided
04:28with Chevalier in midweek after the game against Dortmund. He was leading the
04:34chorus of unhappiness in the Lille ranks about the penalty they conceded in that
04:38game. In comes the shot.
04:43It was deflected on its way past. It was Leroux serving the Brazilian on a play.
04:49And his shot just brushed off the toe of Diakite.
05:00Painful collision between Simon and Diakite and it's going to be a card I
05:05think for Moses Simon. He's obsessive becoming a naturalized French citizen. He
05:09loves it in this country. He loves it at Nantes. Got a contract.
05:15Thomas, Chirivella.
05:19And it's Moses Simon again.
05:22The skip inside Aissamandi and it's a foul by the Lille defender.
05:29Aissamandi has been named in the latest Algeria squad for their next fixtures in
05:36the African World Cup qualifying campaign to take the free kick here.
05:45Decent ball towards the back post and somehow that stayed out.
05:50The bullet close range it was Said Hussein rising above Gudmundsson and for the
05:56second time in this game Nantes are denied by the crossbar. Simon is in behind
06:01Aissamandi. He's not moving all that freely. Simon's cross comes to Koko.
06:10Marcus Koko with a wild.
06:18Well they've been more dangerous in this second half. Not that's for sure.
06:22Lille may need to make some changes just to get a grip on this game again. They've
06:26got the likes of looking to tee up Andrea Gomez but that was read by Koko.
06:33Haraldsson gives away the free kick and he will get a yellow card here Hakan
06:37Haraldsson. Whose father Haraldur Ingolfsson was an Icelandic
06:43international in the 1990s. Hakan since December of 2023. Simon cross deflected
06:54helped on by Chirivella. An awkward one for Lucas Chevalier and Nantes have hit the
07:00bar again for the third time today.
07:05Have been much more of a threat in the second half and Lucas Chevalier was
07:09panicking a bit there. Just hopefully helped on by Chirivella and Sorba
07:14Thomas made something of it.
07:21Frame of the goal to the rescue.
07:26They'll maybe sense that they have a chance of going on to win this game if
07:31they can finish strongly but Trouba Akpom is in behind for Lille. Akpom and
07:37Antony Lopez got a very important touch on that shot from Akpom. Still very much
07:45a threat themselves at the other end. Akpom in behind.
07:51Combination of Lopez with the striker.
07:59Lille want the free kick here. What's the referee going to give? It's going to be a
08:05yellow I think for Castelletto. The Lille players claiming that he was
08:13advancing on goal. He's denied a clear shot.
08:18Well he clearly holds down the Lille player. It's Trouba Akpom. Grabs him by
08:26the neck and pulls him to the floor. It's a blatant foul and it's a red.
08:34So and Paola together in the back four. Can they hold on? It's Mitchell backer this
08:41time. Lopez makes the save again. Well this was that chance. Falling to backer
08:50hitting it on his right foot. Just tried to beat Lopez in his near post. Not easy
08:54to do.
08:59Moses Simon running at Mandy. Could the ten men win this game? Simon across the
09:05face of goal. The header is in. Mustapha Mohamed.
09:13The Egyptian rise as highest to put the ten men of Nantes into the lead here.
09:20And it could be a shock victory for the Canaries against Lille. It's not been a
09:28great season for him or for his club. But he does offer that aerial threat and
09:34Moses Simon offers the ability to put the crosses in from the flank. A fine
09:41delivery and a lethal finish from Mustapha Mohamed.
09:55Andres Gomez flights it into the middle. Trouba Akpom might fall for Aissa Mandy.
10:01Ismaili's put it over the bar.
10:05Big chance for Ismaili. Relief header. Took a knock or he's just trying to buy
10:10some time here.
10:15Didn't collide with his own defender. Backs to the wall. Stop this from the
10:23Canaries whose next game is away to L'Ave in Normandy and if they can win it
10:27should say. Ismaili back the way to Alexandre. Cross in from the Brazilian
10:35Mandy. There's the header which comes off the crossbar. It's Lille's turn to be
10:41denied by the frame of the goal. Mandy was unmarked in the middle. Team that up
10:48for Jonathan Davids and it was desperately close to being a 24th goal
10:56of the season in all competitions for the Canadian.
11:07As long as we're going to have and the referee blows the final whistle and just
11:11listen to what it means for the Nantes fans here.
11:15September 29th of 2015. Almost 10 years between wins for Nantes versus Lille.
11:29Their biggest win in two seasons and they're alive to stay in League of
11:35Football.
11:45you