Saint-tienne defender Saidou So scored late to disclaim defending champions Lille the primary win of the brand new French league season in a 1-1 draw on Saturday.
The 19-year-old So, within the 84th minute, scored with a header from a nook. The ball went beneath the crossbar to beat Lille’s goalkeeper Ivo Grubic on his debut.
Turkish legend Burak Yilmaz put Lille in entrance at quantity 37. The ball rebounded to the defender earlier than 36-year-old Yilmaz turned and blasted previous Etienne Green into the house staff’s purpose.
Lillee missed extra alternatives to take the lead, however Greene was in effective kind and made some vital saves.
Sau scored to extend the stress on Lille’s coach Jocelyn Gauravenc after a 4–0 house loss to Nice following a 3–3 draw at Metz.
Saturday’s draw left Lille seven factors behind Paris Saint-Germain after simply three rounds.
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Monaco’s poor league begin additionally continued with a 2–0 loss at house to Lens, one other staff in search of their first win.
Ignatius Gnago and Simon Banza scored within the second half for Lens, with Monaco goalkeeper Alexander Nubel making a mistake for the opener within the 51st minute.
Ganago simply overtook Monaco defender Strahinja Pavlovich after which fired straight at Nubel from a slender angle. But the German goalkeeper, who’s on mortgage from Bayern Munich for the season, did not catch Gnago’s shot because it rammed previous and contained in the close to submit.
Lens despatched Cheek Doukoré to a poor problem on Krepin Dyta on the hour mark, however Alexander Golovin of Monaco adopted him to sort out Banza within the eighty fifth.
Banja made the ultimate name when he sealed the end in harm time.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
