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Nice v Lille live - Diakite hits later equaliser to earn dramatic draw for visitors after Nice looked certain for victory

Ligue 1 / Matchday 1
Allianz Riviera / 11.08.2023
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Adam Dickinson

Updated 11/08/2023 at 21:00 GMT


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Full time: Nice 1-1 Lille
And that's how it finishes! It wasn't a game overflowing with quality but that produced some exciting chances, and a draw's probably a fair result based on the 90 minutes.
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GOAL! Nice 1-1 Lille
Where did that come from?!? Lille won a free kick on the edge of the Nice penalty area and took an age to take it, but Bafode Diakite rose highest while the home defenders looked rooted to the spot.
90'
Added time revealed
Nice have six minutes of added time to survive. They'd be very disappointed if they concede now.
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Three more substitutions
All the pace has gone out of this now, and three substitutions will do little to arrest that. Hakon Arnar Haraldsson and Remy Cabella make way for Yusuf Yazici and Gabriel Gudmundsson off the Lille bench, and Terem Moffi will have to wait for his first goal as a permanent Nice player. Hicham Boudaoui is on up front instead.
75'
More goals in this one?
Evan Guessand has been a bright spark since coming on with half an hour to go and he nearly created Nice's second goal, which would surely decide the game.
He picked up the ball on a surging run into the Lille penalty area and made Alexsandro look like he wasn't there before fizzing a ball across goal, and just out of reach from Sofiane Diop.
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Lille sub has immediate impact
Alan Virginius has made way for Edon Zhegrova, and he could've scored with his first involvement! Jonathan David hit a shot straight at Marcin Bulka and the ball cannoned Zhegrova, but Dante hustled back to block the shot and maintain Nice's clean sheet - for now at least.
66'
Another Lille chance goes begging
Remy Cabella pounced on a loose ball there and immediately played in Jonathan David with a smart through-ball, but Melvin Bard just stretched out a leg in time to play it back to keeper Marcin Bulka, would received a knock for his troubles.
It's looking more and more like Lille will have to wait for their first goal of the season...
64'
Nice continue to threaten
Evann Guessand played Terem Moffi in with a deft pass there, but the Nigerian couldn't get a clean shot away and ended up conceding a goal kick.
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First change for Lille
As if on cue, Carlos Baleba makes way for Angel Gomes.
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Triple-substituion for Nice
Sofiane Diop, Pablo Rosario and Evann Guessand are all on for Jeremie Boga, Khephren Thuram and Gaetan Laborde.
When will Lille start using their bench?
Golden chance for Moffi
Lille seem determined to throw this one away, Bafode Diakite just played a lifeless backpass to Lucas Chevalier that Terem Moffi was inches away from pouncing on for his first goal of the season.
However, Chevalier came out smartly feet-first to just about block the shot.
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Thuram goes into the book
Khephren Thuram's been possibly the best player so far tonight but he went into the book there, looking slightly bemused at referee Benoit Bastien.
52'
Lille better, but lack cohesion
Hakon Arnar Haraldsson has had a couple of chances now, he's starting to pull the strings for Lille.
They've looked much brighter, pressing Lille high up the pitch to good effect but Haraldsson's been unable to find Jonathan David up top so far.
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Nice substitution
Jordan Lotomba's come on for Youcef Atal at right-back, and Lille have come out with a person to start the second half.
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Second half kicks off
We're back underway in Nice, with one change at half-time. Nice kick off and play the ball to Lille immediately.
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Half-time: Nice 1-0 Lille
That brings a low quality, high entertainment half to a close. Paulo Fonseca needs to give one hell of a team talk in the Lille changing room because they've looked ragged and are lucky to only trail by one.
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Pair of yellow cards to end half
Gaetan Laborde went into the book after a heavy challenge tracking back, before Tiago Santos matched him coming through on Melvin Bard.
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Frustration boiling over for Lille
Tiago Santos took a shot on from distance there and Hakon Arnar Haraldsson was visibly fuming with his teammate there, punching the air in frustration.
44'
Penalty for Nice?
Lille have been gifting Nice chances all half but that might just take the cake, Alexsandro played the ball back to Lucas Chevalier but he thought he had more time on the ball as Morgan Sanson stole in.
Sanson looked like he got to the ball first before Chevalier seemingly brought him down but the referee was unmoved.
41'
WHAT A SAVE BULKA!
Or should that be WHAT A MISS CABELLA!? The best passage of play so far for Lille saw Remy Cabella with the ball in space just six yards out, but he put his shot too close to Marcin Bulka who reacted well to flap the ball over the bar.
Paulo Fonseca will be pleased his team are showing more signs of life but Cabella should've buried that.