While they thought they had done the hard part by opening the scoring after the hour mark, les Aiglons were pegged back in the dying minutes and lost two very precious points in the final sprint.

Yet again this season les Aiglons leave frustrated after a match they largely dominated. Angers waited until they were behind - and the 75^th minute - until they got their first shot on target, having spent the first hour of the game camped around their own penalty area.

After a good move from Seri, Alassane Plea broke the deadlock in the 67^th minute to give his team something to show for their dominance. The goal seemed set to lift Nice into fifth place but in the final minutes of the match a hopeful ball into the Nice box would have serious consequences. The visiting defence didn’t deal with the scramble that followed and Angelo Fulgini was able to find the top corner.

In the final seconds les Aiglons, having switched to 3-5-2, tried to force a winner. But Angers keeper Ludovic Butelle was first lucky - missing a corner that Marlon touched wide in the 89^th minute – and then brilliant – tipping over a free-kick from Seri (90+2’).

These two points dropped after leading a game – the 20^th and 21^st of the season – did not allow the Rouge et Noir to steal a march on their opponents in the race for fifth place. Now they will have to wait for the results of their direct rivals Rennes and Montpellier later this weekend.

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