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00:00We are underway at the Allianz Arena. It's fifth against fourth, Nice coach
00:11Franquez facing his old club under pressure after a poor cup defeat in
00:16midweek. It's Nice against Lens.
00:21So there's Edward Still who is the assistant coach to his brother, described
00:28by Will Still as a little bit more analytical and less emotional than he is.
00:34Let's see if that's the case today. Will Still was complaining at the referee
00:39last week in that win at Montpellier and as a result picked up a red card and is
00:45not available today, not allowed to be on the bench. He's in Nice.
00:51Going to Tottenham Manchester City. Oh the ball's been lost. Dantz has picked it up.
00:56Here's a real chance it's come across and it's going to be Guesson. Guesson puts it in
01:02and it's going to count. Disappointment for Hervé Coffey and goal number ten.
01:09It was just taken off the toe of Gladi. Put back into his path by Budaoui
01:15and there was the top scorer doing what he does best. Budaoui did so
01:22well and it fell to Guesson and it's 1-0.
01:29Good work too from Cho and through the legs of Sarr.
01:39Players and coaches would be well advised not to complain too much because
01:43Will Still chose tackle on El Einaoui. Was that a foul? Was that legal?
01:50It is Romain Le Sorgue's decision. It's a big call.
01:56It's all about that challenge from number 25 Cho.
02:04For ourselves we're going to raise our heads and fight for the club. Looking to
02:09do that. They're certainly fighting for the ball there. Budaoui. Budaoui's down.
02:19Yellow card. He's to get the ball into the box very quickly today. It was played
02:26through to Budaoui. That was the foul from Thomasson and that's a penalty.
02:35What a start we've had to this game. One goal disallowed and Gaetan Laborde
02:41wants to put that right. Laborde against Coffey makes no mistake and Nice have
02:48the perfect start after that catastrophic cup defeat in midweek. This
02:53time Laborde has stroked it in and relief for the Nice fans. Another goal
02:58for Laborde. It's his eighth of the season and it's 1-0 for Nice.
03:03Laborde stroking it home. Goal number eight. Gasson again. Beats two. Still
03:12Gasson. Mohamed Ali Cho. Cho. Saved by Coffey.
03:20Have managed to bring in Matthew Ryan former Brighton and Arsenal. Helped
03:28out by El Ainoi. Through to Koyalepu. Is this a chance for Lanzu to equalise?
03:35Great tackle and it's skied by N'Zola. Got in the right position. Koyalepu
03:43causing trouble for the Nice defence. It broke to N'Zola who should have done
03:48better. Completely miscued it was from Bombito. Perfect start. Long way to go
03:57judging by the way the match has gone. Might be one or two more goals in this.
04:02Mohamed Ali Cho. Again the Boudaoui was there. It's come to Jonathan Close and that's a
04:10brilliant save from Hervé Coffey.
04:16That was the effort a few seconds ago. Great save from Coffey. Jonathan Close
04:21couldn't have. Flexible 3-4-3 from OGC Nice. Definitely looking for European
04:30places next season. Another foul on Gasson. He's not happy with the treatment he's
04:35getting. It's gonna be a yellow on Medina. Cho. LeBord ahead of him. Cho. Mohamed Ali
04:43Cho. He's not going to be stopped. Coffey can only half clear it and it's hacked
04:49out by Medina. One way and the other. It's the shot and it just slipped out
04:55of Coffey's hands. It may be because of the very wet turf. One there and they'll
04:59feel their full value for this. Plenty of chances. Can they do another one
05:05here? The header. It's high. Just over. Santa Maria.
05:14It's the end of the first half in Nice and the hosts have a 1-0 lead. And we
05:20don't have time for more in the first 45 minutes. Nice is finding the way to get
05:25to the three points at the moment with this virtual victory. 1-0 against LeBord
05:31thanks to a penalty kick. It's scoring the only goal of the first half. Don't
05:36move. We're coming back with so much more rugby in sports. LeBord has given
05:42Nice the lead. Can they hold on to it or increase it in the second half? Fifth
05:47against fourth. Nice against Lens.
05:51A couple of changes then for the visitors. Zaruri and Agbonifo on. Agbonifo had that
05:59amazing start to his league and career. Within a minute scoring against Montpellier.
06:04It was his second touch of the ball.
06:09Number 25 shirt. Expecting to play down the flanks.
06:15Zaruri also on.
06:18Thomasson is off incidentally. This is a Kalalipu.
06:25It's just wide from Lens that was
06:30swung in.
06:35Sotika's on the left side. Changing positions are Lens players. This is good
06:42Agbonifo. Agbonifo! Pelt by Marcin Borka. His second touch in French League football
06:50last week with a decent shot.
07:00Melvin Bards for the first time driving forward. That's going to be a free kick.
07:06The play goes on. The advantage is given. Gasson. Gasson saved by Coffey.
07:15Roman Lesorgue. Fusion for a second about whether that would be the case.
07:21Cho played it on and Gasson's shot was blocked.
07:26We saw at half time the stats very much in Nice's favour.
07:35All those 50-50s. Cho brilliantly done. Down again. I think Medina might be in trouble here.
07:42He's got one yellow card Medina and that's going to be a second. Medina is off.
07:47Lens are in huge trouble and Nice will play against 10 men. Medina can't complain
07:54too much about that. That was a clear yellow and Mohamed Ali off. Brilliant work though from Cho.
08:00Look at this.
08:04Good time. Yusuf plays a good ball as well. Gasson. Gasson. La Borde. Boudaoui. The lining up is backed out by Machado.
08:14This was the chance a few seconds earlier. Bards swings it in.
08:30Andy Duffe shows that he knows a thing or two as well about dribbling. Brilliant run from Duffe.
08:35Still Duffe. Andy Duffe wants to go all the way. Andy Duffe just wide.
08:41That would have been one of the goals of this run. He must have gone 80 metres going one way and the other.
08:49Head down. Going forward. He must have beaten three defenders but just wide but a brilliant effort from Andy Duffe.
08:58So close. Corners taken quickly. Cho. Is this going to be the second?
09:05Oh what a finish. It's a superb strike. Porquez against his old team. Jonathan Close against his
09:15old team. Not too many celebrations but Jonathan Close will savour that one. It was a brilliant
09:22finish from the French international and it's 2-0 for Nice against his old side in his
09:29sixth game against London. But look at this finish. The angle was against him.
09:35Power into the roof of the net and Coffey had no chance.
09:43Incidentally this season 15 per match. It's too many.
09:49Andy Duffe. Duffe does well. Is this going to be the chance? It is palmed out.
09:55It was Enzola and a good save from Bulka. Nifo did well didn't he? Duffe.
10:03So bringing something from nothing. He won player really to aim for with a lot of
10:08red and black shirts. He nearly made it.
10:11Here come Nice again with Melvin Baird. Baird tries his luck and really got some power behind
10:27that. Instinctive from Melvin Baird but wasn't in the best position for him to strike it. He
10:32really did hit it well and just wide of Coffey's post.
10:39Baird. Diop can turn. Diop's ball is a good one. Is this going to be three? That's a good save.
10:48Coffey saving from Gasson. Substitute Diop finding that nice angle. Gasson's first touch
10:55was good but Coffey hasn't done too much wrong today and that was a good save.
11:02Bulka. This was a bit risky but sums up the afternoon. They're just getting away with
11:13anything that looks dangerous. Udawi getting a real whack there. Yeah Nigerian with the yellow there.
11:25Joined the club just for long. It's a long trip home.
11:29Let's see how many players they have available next week because one or two might be leaving
11:34the club between now and the match against Strasbourg. Jonathan Grady did more. That's
11:41the last touch of the match. Nice have bounced back. And the match is over. Three points for
11:48Nice. They have just defeated Lennon. Ladies and gentlemen thank you for being here with us in this
11:55great match. Nice have just won 2-0 against Lennon.
11:59Thank you for joining us and see you the next time on Beansports.