PARIS —
Andy Delort headed in a late winner as Nice beat Lorient 2–1 in Ligue 1 on
Sunday to revive their hopes of qualifying for next season’s Champions League.
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Delort had put
Nice in front with a penalty early in the second half on the Cote d’Azur after
Khephren Thuram had been fouled, but
Armand Lauriente quickly equalized for
relegation-threatened Lorient.
However, with the
game heading for a draw, substitute
Kasper Dolberg picked out Delort with a
sublime cross in the 88th minute and he headed in his 10th Ligue 1 goal for
Nice to secure the victory.
Nice had gone four
games without a win to slide from second place down to outside the European
qualifying spots altogether before this encounter.
Champions League football is the aim for a club with lofty ambitions under their owners Ineos,
the group chaired by British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe.
The victory moves
them back to within a point of third-placed Rennes, who lost 3–2 at home to
Monaco on Friday.
Only the top two
in France qualify automatically for the Champions League, with third place
going into the qualifying rounds.
The top two in
Ligue 1 meet later on Sunday as leaders
Paris Saint-Germain play host to bitter
rivals Marseille.
PSG are 12 points clear at
the top with seven games left and a victory against Marseille would give them a
chance to secure an eighth league title in 10 seasons as early as Wednesday.
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