{"id":1902,"date":"2025-12-08T14:59:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T06:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=1902"},"modified":"2025-12-08T14:59:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T06:59:17","slug":"lyon-slip-to-ligue-1-loss-at-lorient-nice-crisis-deepens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/08\/lyon-slip-to-ligue-1-loss-at-lorient-nice-crisis-deepens\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyon slip to Ligue 1 loss at Lorient, Nice crisis deepens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Lyon fell to their fifth defeat of the season in Ligue 1 as they lost 1-0 at lowly Lorient on Sunday, while crisis-club Nice went down to the same scoreline against Angers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pablo Pagis’ 39th-minute goal<\/strong> at home was enough to move the Brittany side clear of the relegation zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lorient <\/strong>were helped towards just their fourth victory of<\/strong> the campaign<\/strong> when Lyon’s former Arsenal defender Ainsley Maitland-Niles<\/a> was dismissed <\/strong>for a second bookable offence three minutes after they took the lead. Paulo Fonseca’s Lyon <\/strong>remain fifth<\/strong>, but now lie 10 points behind surprise Ligue 1 leaders Lens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nice’s problems worsened <\/strong>earlier in the day as they lost a seventh consecutive game<\/strong> in all competitions at home to 11th-placed Angers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Franck Haise’s players took to the Allianz Riviera pitch with the names of Terem Moffi<\/strong> and Jeremie Boga<\/strong> emblazoned on their backs in support of their team-mates who are currently on sick leave<\/strong> after being targeted by supporters in last Sunday’s confrontation outside the team’s training ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In front of a sparse but hostile crowd due to the call by Nice ultras to boycott the match, the hosts were unable to breach their opponents’ staunch<\/strong> rearguard <\/strong>as Yassin Belkhdim’s goal just after the half-hour was enough <\/strong>to separate the sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tom Louchet<\/strong> was dismissed <\/strong>for Nice early in the second period as they dropped to 12th in the table – level on 17 points with Lorient<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This is obviously a very difficult period<\/strong>,” Haise <\/strong>said. “Things will come from the pitch. But we’re not going to change<\/strong> everything overnight, or become flamboyant <\/strong>again overnight. We’re going to have to hang in <\/strong>there and move forward a little bit every day.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visibly affected by the fans’ attitude, the Nice coach said playing a match in a hostile atmosphere was “very particular<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It’s the first time I’ve experienced this… Our position is already delicate<\/strong>, and with a large part of your own fans against you, it’s obviously even more complicated<\/strong>,” he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elsewhere, Auxerre <\/strong>moved off the foot of the table with a 3-1 home win<\/strong> against new bottom-side Metz<\/strong>. Le Havre<\/strong> and Paris FC<\/strong> played out a goalless draw.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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