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Ligue 1: Nantes pay final tribute to Sala, Monaco held by Montpellier

Ligue 1

Paris, Feb. 10, 2019 (Reuters/NAN) Nantes paid a final tribute to former striker Emiliano Sala in a 2-4 home defeat to Nimes in Ligue 1 on Sunday.

The defeat has come three days after the Argentine was confirmed dead in a plane crash.

Sala, 28, had been flying from Nantes in western France to Wales on Jan. 21 to make his debut for English Premier League (EPL) side Cardiff City.

The single-engined Piper Malibu aircraft had disappeared over the sea.

There was a minute of applause before kick-off.

A representative from Cardiff City came to La Beaujoire Stadium to hand the French club a shirt from the Welsh side.

La Beaujoire was at capacity after tickets were sold for nine euros (7.88 pounds) in reference to Sala’s shirt number.

Fans also chanted a song in memory of Sala in the ninth minute of the game.

Nantes took control of the match in the first half, opening a two-goal lead after a goal by Kalifa Coulibaly and a Majeed Waris penalty kick.

However, Nimes fought back after the break and prevailed thanks to goals by Baptiste Guillaume, Antonin Bobichon, Jordan Ferri and Sada Tihoub.

The result left the Canaries in 15th place with 24 points from 23 matches, five points above the relegation zone.

Elsewhere, Monaco thought they were snatching their second win in two league games under returning coach Leonardo Jardim.

But Andy Delort’s stoppage-time penalty kick salvaged a 2-2 home draw for Montpellier at home.

Gaetan Laborde had cancelled out Gelson Martins’s opener before Radamel Falcao had put the visitors ahead from close range in the 85th minute.

Monaco are 18th on 19 points.(Reuters/NAN)
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(Edited by Olawale Alabi)

Sport

Cardiff honour missing striker Sala with EPL win over Bournemouth

Honour
Cardiff (UK), Feb. 2, 2019 (Reuters/NAN) Bobby Reid scored twice as Cardiff City beat Bournemouth 2-0 on Saturday in an English Premier League (EPL) game that turned into a celebration of Cardiff player Emiliano Sala.

Sala, who never played a game for the club, is missing and presumed dead following a suspected plane crash.

The Cardiff players held up a T-shirt bearing the image of the 28-year-old, after Reid rifled home an early penalty kick in the fifth minute.

Argentinian Sala was aboard a small plane that disappeared on Jan. 21, and he and the pilot are believed to have died as it crashed into the sea.

He had agreed to join Cardiff for a club record fee of 15 million pounds ($19.63 million) from French Ligue 1 club Nantes.

Fans were handed daffodils as they entered the Cardiff City Stadium.

The players’ tribute following Reid’s 5th minute penalty kick was followed in the 28th minute by a round of applause that swelled around the ground.

Reid added a second goal 15 seconds after the break to put his side two up and seal three valuable points in their battle to avoid relegation.

But in spite of an outstanding performance, they remain third from bottom on 22 points, two behind Burnley.

Bournemouth were a shadow of the side that hammered Chelsea 4-0 in their midweek league clash, and they remain in 10th position in the table on 33 points.(Reuters/NAN)

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(Edited by Olawale Alabi)

Sport

Arsenal beat Cardiff City on EPL sombre night amid Sala tributes

EPL
London, Jan. 30, 2019 (Reuters/NAN) Arsenal struck two second half goals to earn a 2-1 win over relegation-threatened Cardiff City in the English Premier League at an emotional Emirates Stadium on Tuesday.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette scored both goals for the Gunners.

Aubameyang scored with a 66th minute penalty kick, sending the ball past goalkeeper Neil Etheridge after Bruno Manga had fouled Sead Kolasinac.

Unai Emery’s side then made their overwhelming territorial superiority count as Lacazette scored a beauty in the 83rd minute.

He dribbled past Cardiff City skipper Sol Bamba before drilling a shot into the corner.

Nathaniel Mendez-Laing scored a late consolation goal for Cardiff City.

The match began in sombre fashion with tributes being made to Cardiff City’s Argentine striker Emiliano Sala.

Sala has been missing since a plane carrying him to Britain from Nantes disappeared over the English Channel.

It was Cardiff City’s first game since Sala, who had not played for the club since joining from Nantes, went missing.

Bamba and Arsenal skipper Mesut Ozil both placed bunches of daffodils on the pitch.

Fifth-placed Arsenal’s sixth successive home league win lifted them level on 47 points with Chelsea, who play on Wednesday.

Cardiff City, who scored for the first time in four league games, remain third from bottom. (Reuters/NAN)
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(Edited by Kamal Tayo Oropo and Olawale Alabi)