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Nice claim late winner at Bordeaux in Ligue 1

Xinhua, January 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

Thanks to a dramatic 90th minute goal, Nice came from behind to prevail 2-1 over Bordeaux on Friday evening and climbed into the top half of the Ligue 1 table.

It was the Girondins who opened scoring first through a penalty from Diego Rolan on 33 minutes after the visitors' goalkeeper Mouez Hassen brought down Nicolas Maurice-Belay.

Nice, however, canceled it out at 66 when Jordan Amavi, just 20 years old, headed home his third goal of the season after Valentin Eysseric's free-kick caught the home defence napping.

The match almost seemed to end in a draw before former Lyon forward Alassane Plea swept home a cross from Eric Bautheac in the dying seconds.

With the back-to-back win, Claude Puel's men move up to the 10th place, while Ligue 1's early-season pacesetters Bordeaux, now without a win in four league matches, stay sixth with nine 21st round games remaining for this weekend. Endi