The trip promised to be perilous, three days after a painful elimination in the Champions League by Chelsea.

Especially since several key players were forfeited (Sanches, Botman, Celik).

But, despite the context, Losc carried out a nice operation on Saturday evening at La Beaujoire.

Winners 1-0 of FC Nantes, Lille, 6th in the standings, widen the gap with their opponent and remain more than ever in the race for a qualifying place in the European Cup.

Even third place, synonymous with play-offs for the Champions League, remains an achievable goal.

"I think the players were heroic," rejoices Jocelyn Gourvennec, the Dogues coach.

We did some very good things.

The performance is all the more beautiful as we played a titanic match against Chelsea three days ago.

We gave everything and the adventure ended.

We had to get back to it 3 days later, facing a strong team, a crazy public and 10 against 11.” Jocelyn Gourvennec insists.

“I didn't say it before but I was very angry that we were made to play again so soon.

It is a lack of respect towards the club, the players and the supporters.

I find that unacceptable.

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An eviction in confusion

More enterprising than the Canaries, the Lille had opened the scoring shortly before half-time on a corner: Alban Lafont repelled a header from José Fonte but Amadou Onana, alone at the reception, concluded with a flat foot (41st) .

Nantes side Quentin Merlin, who should have covered this area, was being treated on the sidelines.

During the last half hour, it was Lille who found themselves at ten, after the exclusion of Weah for a foul on Samuel Moutoussamy, also out through injury.

The referee's decision, after intervention by the VAR, provoked the fury of the Lille camp, captain Fonte even seeking to push his teammates off the field.

The tension remained high on the benches, where the sports coordinator of Lille, Sylvain Armand, insulted the referees before being pushed back to the locker room, but also sometimes on the ground.

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