On this evening, the first two matches of the seventh round of "Ligue 1" were played.
In the first match, the country's former bronze medalist, "Nice," hosted the "Angers" club, which surprised the hosts unpleasantly already in the 13th minute. Then, Mateo Pavlovic scored with a header after Angelo Fulgini's penalty kick.
Lucien Favre's team continued to create more opportunities, but the second goal again fell into their net. This happened just before the end of the first half after a pass from Yoan Andreu to Karl Toko Ekambi.
However, the star of "Nice," Mario Balotelli, managed to reduce the deficit by scoring a penalty kick from 11 meters before the break.
Finally, in the evenly matched second half, the score became equal with Ismael Traore scoring an own goal and the match ended with a 2-2 result.
In the next match, "Lille" tried to face the title defending champions "Monaco" at home. However, this seemed too serious for them.
The guests took the lead in the middle of the first half with Stevan Jovetic scoring his debut goal, and shortly after Rachid Ghezzal followed him to make it 2-0.
Contrary to the previous match, things became even sadder for the hosts after the break, as Radamel Falcao added the third goal for the "Monaco." Finally, the same Colombian ended their misery with a penalty kick.
This "Monaco" sniper is showing truly incredible form - in seven "Ligue 1" matches, he has already scored 11 goals.
Results:
"Nice" 2 - 2 "Angers"
[0-1] 13' Mateo Pavlovic
[0-2] 34' Karl Toko Ekambi
[1-2] 39' Mario Balotelli (penalty kick)
[2-2] 76' Ismael Traore (own goal)
"Lille" 0 - 4 "Monaco"
[0-1] 24' Stevan Jovetic
[0-2] 30' Rachid Ghezzal
[0-3] 48' Radamel Falcao
[0-4] 73' Radamel Falcao (penalty kick)
