Bordeaux (AFP)

Bordeaux and Nice are neutralized (1-1) Saturday at Matmut Atlantique for the 27th day, during a balanced match, punctuated by some class gestures, but which will not have satisfied either of the two clubs eager to rock for good in the first half of Ligue 1.

Europe is slowly moving away, and Girondins and Niçois are making little or no progress. The OGCN of Patrick Vieira passes 8th, temporarily in front of Lyon before the OL-ASSE derby, but now 8 points from 4th European place, while waiting to receive Monaco.

As for the Girondins, who have not won at home for five games (6-0 against Nîmes, December 3), they remain, 12th two points behind Nice, on the wrong side of a possible break in the ranking. And will soon travel to Geoffroy-Guichard.

In line with an encouraging defeat at the Parc des Princes (4-3) the Girondins took the match by a good aggressive end, pressing intensely and high and hampering the raises of the Niçois, when their visitors did not return from them- same balloons easily.

From the first minutes, goalkeeper Benitez saw a center from Sabaly slip past his goal (2), then was vigilant on a deflected shot from Hwang, again restless and hardworking (15).

The Girondin transitions were clearly the fastest, and one of them unlocked the false rhythm of the match: on a ball lost by Ounas near the Girondin surface, a Basic raid launched De Préville for a large bridge full of composure on Benitez (1-0, 21st).

Despite a new alert on a shot from Ruben Pardo, tenured for the first time, Bordeaux released his pressure a little, and Nice finally came out of his torpor. The time for Claude-Maurice, a lonely rush, to stumble on Costil (44), before Ounas, in his old garden, finds the cross of a shot wound at 18 meters (45).

During a second act more removed, and especially less timid of the Nice people, the Algerian environment remembered magnificently to his training club: on a rapid ascent of Claude-Maurice, Wagué foundOunas for an acrobatic return to mid height, which mystified Costil (1-1, 57th).

In this highlight of the Aiglons, Wagué lacked a delivery of Lees-Melou, and especially Ounas, again, made Costil shine (71st).

The last quarter of an hour saw Bordeaux, with the good returns from Oudin and Maja, launching its last arrows. Benitez saved the bet on his line in front of the Nigerian striker (74th), before the amount frustrated De Préville (75th).

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