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00:00Ligue 1 is underway in 2025 and a new year begins on the Coupe d'Azur with a Nice team
00:11chasing European qualification up against Jorge Sampaoli's Rennes. They're still looking for
00:16their first away win of the campaign who are languishing in the bottom half of the standings.
00:22Steve Mandanda captaining Rennes and starting in goal tonight but that in itself is
00:35newsworthy because Rennes number 11 really gifted player the shot fizzing in from Jordan
00:43James who has got that in his locker the ability to strike the ball from distance.
00:48Simpuka couldn't hold on to that attempt by Jordan James he just got his body behind it
00:54and then the follow-up effort well it clearly came off.
01:01Dombele it's a great turn by Tanguy Ndombele and it's good goalkeeping from
01:09this is vintage Tanguy Ndombele back to the player he was at Olympique Lyonnais
01:14earlier in his career huge moves and Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League kind of
01:22derailed his career a bit after that header coming in.
01:26Mandanda making the save loads in one full season at Rennes before coming down here to
01:33the Coupe d'Azur he did make the move just a bit too early still got his header on target
01:39and Mandanda it's a really good save actually even if it wouldn't have counted
01:47counts trying actively to sign Brice Samba the
01:50Lens captain and France's second choice goalkeeper
01:59first card to Isham Boudaoui who's just come back from suspension
02:06I guess the first yellow is on the bench this evening Pablo Rosario the Dutch midfielder who
02:11often plays in the defence is a substitute as well Ndombele with a terrific ball over the top
02:18for Evan Quezon who holds off, Mikhail Faye and blasts the ball into the net
02:24Nice's top scorer gets his eighth goal of the campaign really come on to a game this season
02:31making the run off the shoulder of the last defender and an excellent ball over the top from
02:38Tanguy Ndombele who is showing signs again of his very best form it's an assist for him
02:47and a goal the breakthrough goal for Evan Quezon Mandanda got a touch to
02:52Matusiwa trying to bulldoze his way through and it comes to Grunbach who struck it well
03:02and it was just off target and eventually it came out to Grunbach who struck it really powerfully
03:14that's a good ball down the channel for Ludovic Blas who's got Assignon making the run ahead of
03:19him lifts it forward into the path of Arnaud Calimuendo who finishes it really well it's
03:26a fine equalizing goal and Rennes are back level to the delight of their all season long
03:39move began with an excellent ball into the channel for Ludovic Blas to run on to
03:44and he spotted the run of Arnaud Calimuendo
03:48clipped the ball over the top Calimuendo with the first time finish
03:53and it's the former Paris Saint-Germain striker who gets his eighth goal of the campaign albeit he
04:00made his top team debut in the season before last so he has been around the top team for a while
04:06Moins Assignon setting off on the run now he's caught Abdelmonem just a fraction of a second
04:11late the Egyptian defender staying down
04:23and it's going to be a card for Laurence Assignon for and Abdelmonem comes steaming in and
04:30Assignon holding his hands up apologizing as the left-sided
04:35center back in that three in front of Stedman Donda
04:43now that big chance here Sophie Andiol says thank you very much
04:50and it's a nightmare for Rennes and for Stedman Donda
04:58because Sao Paulo's side have got themselves back level
05:02I can't believe it
05:08well he tried to be a bit too clever should have just cleared that ball at the very least or
05:15perhaps tried to play it out wide instead he sent it directly into the path of Sophie Andiol
05:23who was guess on to the final minute of stoppage time at the end of the half
05:29Guesson setting off on a powerful run matched by Mikhail Faye but no Guesson gets away from him
05:34big chance for 3-1
05:40and there is clear daylight between the teams
05:44another nightmare for Rennes to concede so late in the first half they were
05:50who did superbly to get away from Mikhail Faye and having scored the first goal this evening
05:58he sets up that one for Gaetan Laborde to score against his old club
06:11fourth of the season for Laborde
06:17it's a long way back
06:20and what an electrifying first half here at Allianz Riviera
06:24Nice have taken control of the game heading into a break
06:28with a commanding 3-1 lead over Rennes let's go to a break we're coming back to be
06:34this needs to get us underway in the second half leading by three goals to one
06:42and heading provisionally for a place in the top four
06:46I don't think it's over the top to suggest that a top four finish would be beyond their
06:55realistic expectations for this season for these especially given their dreadful injury problems
07:05just because they might
07:09ball inside by Blas for Jordan James
07:16Hans Hatterberg making the run ahead of him and it's gone in
07:20Adrian Truffaut gets one back for Rennes at the start of the second half well we saw a horrible
07:27goalkeeping error from Steve Mandanda which allowed Nice to retake the lead
07:33Martin Buca the Nice goalkeeper will be deeply disappointed with that one
07:40unable to either hold the shot from Laurence Assegnon or push it away from goal
07:46instead he just turned it out into the path of Adrian Truffaut
07:50and the French international fullback scoring goals setting them up
07:59Truffaut oh and Martin Buca was a little bit hesitant about that one as well in the end he
08:04collects it it was a really awkward ball Adrian Truffaut thought it was probably a shot initially
08:12but it may not have been he may have been trying to pick out Ludovic Blas I think that Blas might
08:17have been slightly put off by the we've got two so far this evening and looking for a third but
08:23they've got some defending to do at the moment Buonanni back the way to Isham Boudaoui Boudaoui's
08:30shot Mandanda tipping it away instead Mandanda some good because he will have been furious with
08:38himself for being beaten
08:42and Nice on course to finish the night in the top four if they can hold on here that ball
08:50was played through looking for Guesson
08:54whistle went and the referee in Rennes recent derby defeat against Nantes
09:02in the second half of this season given their position
09:13and we're going to get the free kick here for the challenge on James it's going to be a yellow card
09:16shown hauling the welshman to the ground
09:21La Borde was Diop ahead of him Hartebourg able to make the challenge and then
09:33Diop
09:36Isham Boudaoui Boudaoui's shot
09:40well Mandanda managed to get something on it to tip that ball onto the crossbar and over
09:48Santetien will be just a point behind them if they win tomorrow
09:58ball fed through looking for the run of Gomes and Bulka comes out to meet him
10:04and wins the free kick Andres Gomes catching the Nice goalkeeper
10:10the first game of the new year we've seen a very entertaining match
10:15but it's one that Nice are going to finish with 10 men
10:25well I think he knew that the Rennes player was arriving and he didn't do enough to
10:30take advantage here is Fofana, Fofana might fancy the shot from long range
10:40but Nice are provisionally up to fourth place in the table
10:45how do you feel about this game?
10:47I think it's going to be a good game
10:49I think it's going to be a good game
10:51I think it's going to be a good game
10:53I think it's going to be a good game
10:55provisionally up to fourth place in the table
10:59and the match is over here at Allianz Riviera
11:02Nice hold on for a thrilling 3-2 victory over Rennes
11:06thank you for joining us for this exciting start to 2025 in Leganes
11:11see you the next time on Beansports