Ligue 1: Nice continues and wins against Brest

Monaco winner last week, Nice he traveled on Saturday night on the lawn of the Brest and he intended to continue his movement. And that was true tonight. The first big chances were on the Brest side. Mahdi Camara had a good chance in the area (3rd), but his ball ended up too far to the left of the opponent’s cage. After that, attended by Camera, Pierre Lees-Melou curled a shot from the right, forcing Marcin Bulka to make a good save (5th).

However, the people of Nice quickly regained the initiative. From the 18th minute, Jérémie Boga found the target Marco Bizot and again a minute later with a new attempt stopped by the Brest keeper (19th). But their efforts eventually paid off. After a goal by Mohamed-Ali Cho canceled by video support (37th), Evann Guessand opened the scoring for Nice (42nd, 0-1) with a shot under the bar, thanks to a great pass from Ali Abdi.

Brest raises her head, but without success

Still a bit surprised by the conceded goal before returning to the locker room, Brest tried to bounce back quickly. Ludovic Ajorque saw his effort blocked by Bulka (48th). Lees-Melou then found space for a shot on the edge of the area, which fell into the left post (50th). The Finistère club had other chances to raise the score, especially Kenny Lala (75th) or Ibrahim Salah (77th), but they still did not succeed.

A frustrating game for Hugo Magnetti’s teammates, who had many chances to equalize during this period. At the end of the game, Nice continued the rise in the ranking and won 5th place in Ligue 1 with 16 points. For their part, Eric Roy’s men are still in the Championship’s soft bottom, 10th with 13 points.