FC Nantes received Losc for this first match of the 2nd day of Ligue 1. The Canaries led the score for a long time, but finally suffered a logical draw.
The two teams leave back to back, after a goal from Moses Simon and an equalizer from Ismaily (1-1).
What you must remember
The evening did not start so badly for Losc.
Installed in the opposing half of the field, the Northerners started their game rather well, without really being dangerous.
But quickly, the Canaries were introduced near the Lille area, until the first thrill of the evening, the post found by Moses Simons in the 25th on a curled strike.
Three minutes later, the Nigerian, again him, found the back of the net, concluding a deflected corner (1-0, 28th).
⏱ 30' I 𝗦𝗜𝗜𝗜𝗜𝗜𝗜𝗜𝗜𝗜𝗜𝗠𝗠𝗠𝗠𝗠𝗠𝗠𝗢𝗢𝗢𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗡💥
Alone at the far post, he doesn't shake and opens the score for Yellow!
1-0 I #FCNLOSC pic.twitter.com/wP2v3BZG7B
– FC Nantes (@FCNantes) August 12, 2022
Lille believed to come back, from the 34th minute, but it was without counting on a superb save from Alban Lafont against Jonathan Bamba.
Lille's only real opportunity before the break.
Returning from the locker room, Benjamin André narrowly missed the equalizer by touching the bar (54th).
It finally took until the 76th minute to see the Mastiffs come back to score.
Barely arrived at the club, Ismaily scored his first goal, after a great collective combination in the opposing area.
He scored the 5000th goal in the history of Losc.
😍 For his first appearance in the Lille jersey, Ismaily scores the 5000th goal in the history of @losclive! #FCNLOSC #Ligue1UberEats #PrimeVideoLigue1 pic.twitter.com/vxtliNYgJ3
— Prime Video Sport France (@PVSportFR) August 12, 2022
The match then opened, with two dangerous teams, but who ultimately failed to deceive the opposing defenses.
FC Nantes therefore has a second consecutive draw.
Lille, for its part, failed to win the 3 points again.
Man of the match: Alban Lafont
The Nantes goalkeeper really sickened the opposing attackers.
Author of a clean sheet and 7 saves during the first day against Angers, Alban Lafont confirmed his good form.
While his team had just opened the scoring, he changed the face of the match in the 34th minute, being imperial on his line.
Facing Jonathan Bamba's head at close range, the French goalkeeper intervened perfectly.
It was in the second period that he showed the full extent of his talent.
Endangered by a better-legged Losc, he delayed the deadline for his team by intervening twice in the 56th, then in the 58th.
But his match was not perfect, as evidenced by a rather hazardous exit in the 53rd.
He finally gave in, like his defense, against the beautiful collective movement of the Lille goal.
Despite everything, his team can say thank you to him, and his decisive saves at the start of the second period surely allowed his team not to sink against an opponent then superior, and much more dangerous.
The number: 4
Referee Bastien Decheppy inflicted 4 yellow cards on Lille in the first period.
5, counting the sanction granted to a staff member.
With 3 defenders warned from the first 20 minutes, the Mastiffs were hampered in their interventions, because of their indiscipline.
Cards that we forced coach Paulo Fonseca to bring out his two savvy full-backs, Tiago Djalo and Akim Zedadka, from half-time.
The penalties imposed by the referee even before the half hour of play perfectly illustrate the nervousness of Lille in the first period.
A failed half of the match which costs them the final victory.
Even the captain, José Fonte, received a warning for protesting.
The French champions were better after the break, but stumbled on Alban Lafont for a long time.
Ironically, it was Ismaily, who came on in place of the savvy Tiago Djalo, who allowed his team to come back to score.
