Benjamin André rises higher than everyone else to register the only goal of the meeting, between Nantes and Lille - J.-F. Monier / AFP

  • The Mastiffs won at La Beaujoire stadium on Sunday afternoon.
  • This success allowed them to remain in the race for the podium, just behind the Stade Rennais which had won the day before.

Christophe Galtier had kept the accounts. Lille had to wait for its eleventh corner to finally open the brand this Sunday afternoon at the Beaujoire stadium in Nantes.

Renato Sanches, in charge of set kicks, had rather shown effectiveness in this area, but a disagreement between two players at the fall of the ball or a Nantes foot which dragged had always prevented the Northerners from opening the mark.

The decisive Nantes keeper

It was therefore necessary to wait until the 58th minute for Benjamin André, however not the tallest on the field, to intervene between Kalifa Coulibaly and Andrei Girotto, to catapult the ball into the back of the net. A logical goal in view of the domination of Lille. “We should have killed the match earlier, regretted the striker of the day, however. We dominated almost the entire game. "

But Lille also came across a rather inspired Nantes goalkeeper even if a somewhat kamikaze outing at the start of the game could have (should?) Have earned him an expulsion. After that, Alban Lafont made three high-class stops, facing Rémy, ideally served by Ikoné (23 '), on a deflection from Fonte two minutes later then on a point-blank recovery from Bamba (54') which will give finally the decisive corner in Lille. After Strasbourg and Angers, the mastiffs offer themselves a third consecutive victory away.

"Not a duel between Rennes and Lille"

Thanks to this success, the Lille remain one point behind the Stade Rennais, still third. The reception of Lyon, next Sunday, is already of vital importance ten days before the end of the championship. “All the matches will be important, tempers Christophe Galtier who is delighted to have widened the gap with the fifths, Montpellier and Monaco. We are in the best position to chase Rennes off the podium, but this end of the season should not be reduced to a duel between Rennes and Lille. Other teams are still eyeing third place. "

In the spirit of Nantes, winner in Marseille last week, Lille has everything to play the leading roles. "It's a team that has a lot more offensive assets than OM", thinks Nantes defender Dennis Appiah, who in the space of a week was able to get an idea of ​​the level difference between the two teams.

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