Nice gets rid of Brest and climbs on the podium

Zapping Foot National Top 10: the most expensive trainers in history The half hour of play could have given the meeting a whole new face. At the Allianz Riviera, Steve Mounié and his narrowly deflected strike actually sent a thrill through the spans. Passed a few centimeters from the Nice goal, the attempt by the Brest center forward would have looked like a real hold-up. Still in search of its first victory this season, Michel Der Zakarian’s team was largely dominated by that of Christophe Galtier. Logically, the players of the former coach of Lille have won at home, thanks to goals from Jean-Clair Todibo (45th) and Melvin Bard (61st, 2-1). Dominators, the Aiglons have long stumbled over visitors. Andy Delort, in particular, saw his two head attempts being masterfully deflected by the Brest goalkeeper Marco Bizot (11th, 17th). It is therefore finally Todibo, taking advantage of a disagreement in the opposing defense, who took the opportunity to unblock the situation before the break. More and more urgent, OGC Nice has multiplied the opportunities by Delort, Amine Gouiri, Kasper Dolberg or Calvin Stengs, whose delicious attempt has found the bar (55th). Sheltered from a bad surprise by a header from Melvin Bard on the hour mark, following a nice movement, Nice showed a two-class gap with his opponent of the day, and climbed on the podium pending the continuation of the 9th day of Ligue 1 and in particular the trip from Marseille to Lille tomorrow (5 p.m.). Only downsides: the lack of offensive efficiency of the attackers and the goal of Franck Honorat conceded at the very end of the match (90 + 2, 2-1), on the second occasion only of the visitors. Without consequence. On the other hand, Brest, nineteenth and overtaken this evening on the Côte d’Azur, sinks to the bottom of the ranking.