PARIS: Ligue 1 leaders Lille suffered a 2-1 home defeat against lowly Nimes on Sunday as their title campaign continued to stutter. Xeka cancelled out Moussa Kone's early opener for the visitors but Renaud Ripart gave Nimes all three points and left Lille on 63 points from 30 games. Nimes's victory lifted them a spot up to 18th, on 29 points. Nimes, however, restored their advantage just before the break, with Ripart chipping the ball past Mike Maignan after being played through by Zinedine Ferhat. Lille had two goals, by Burak Yilmaz and Xeka, disallowed as they pushed for a late leveller.

Source: Egypt Today March 21, 2021 18:22 UTC