Bollaert breakthrough: Mezian Soares’ debut strike keeps Lens ahead of Lyon
A generation ago the fixtures between Lens and Nantes decided titles; tonight in Lens they pointed instead to diverging destinies. I watched...
Maya Ellison
Title Push vs Trapdoor: Lens Host Desperate Nantes in Crucial Ligue 1 Duel
I keep coming back to that December evening at La Beaujoire when Lens, already sharpening their ambitions, claimed a 21 win. Florian Thauvin...
Maya Ellison
Nantes’ Eight-Minute Blitz Shocks Marseille and Reignites Survival Bid
Nantes made a mockery of their relegation ranking with a 30 dismantling of Marseille last night, the threegoal surge inside eight secondhalf...
Frederic Lumiere
Survival meets ambition: Castro primes Nantes to derail Marseille’s European bid
Marseille head to the Beaujoire on Saturday needing a response to backtoback Ligue 1 defeats, while Nantes cling to one of their final escap...
Frederic Lumiere
Rongier’s 90th-Minute Derby Dagger Keeps Rennes Chasing Lyon
Rennes beat Nantes 21 on Sunday, a late strike from Valentin Rongier in the 90th minute keeping Franck Haise’s side on the heels of Lyon in ...
Frederic Lumiere
Champions League Push Meets Survival Fight as Rennes Host Reeling Nantes
F. Haise has warned the Rennes dressing room that tomorrow is about acceleration, not consolidation. Fifth in Ligue 1 with 53 points, Rennes...
Frederic Lumiere
Kvaratskhelia Brace Powers PSG Past Nantes as Luis Enrique Opens Four-Point Gap
Paris SaintGermain beat Nantes 30 at Parc des Princes on Wednesday night, moving Luis Enrique’s club four points clear of Lens in Ligue 1 an...
Frederic Lumiere
Ten-man Nantes undone by Chardonnet’s 90th-minute lifeline for Brest
Nantes were seconds from banking three priceless points until Brendan Chardonnet rescued Brest with a 90th minute equaliser, leaving LuĂs Ca...
Frederic Lumiere
Pressure Cooker in Paris: PSG Guard One-Point Lead with Relegation-Threatened Nantes in Town
Paris Saint Germain hold a onepoint edge over Lens and enter tomorrow’s Parc des Princes assignment knowing any slip could flip the title ra...
Frederic Lumiere
Nantes cling to Ligue 1 lifeline as Brest target top-half surge at Beaujoire
Nantes have reached matchday 30 with the margin for error stripped away: seventeenth place, nineteen points, four league wins all season. Lu...
Frederic Lumiere