Nice and Marseille missed the opportunity to attack second place in Ligue 1 and signed a draw (1-1) in a match of the third day that was suspended on August 22 in the 75th minute due to incidents in the stands of the Allianz Riviera.
The match was played again today from the start on a neutral ground, L’Aube de Troyes, behind closed doors and from the start. The incentives were the same for both. The winner attacked second place and closed the gap with the leader, Paris Saint Germain. The equalizer keeps Lens in that square.
Nice advances on the scoreboard
Nice took the lead on the scoreboard in the sixth minute when a pass from Evann Guessand was used by Amine Gouiri to beat Spaniard Pau López.
However, the reaction of Jorge Sampaoli’s team was rewarded shortly before the break. Dimitri Payet received the ball from Brazilian Gerson and beat Argentine Walter Benítez.
The scoreboard did not move in the second half and the clash ended level. Lens remain second, seven points behind Paris Saint-Germain. Nice, at 8, is third and Marseille, at 9, fourth.