00:10modern-day style of kickoff early throw in then for the Stade de France on the
00:18attack though the tackle first corner of the game
00:27what they need to do there Morgenson rather than a shot it's a little surprising
00:35boots come off Melvin Bard
00:46played with them when they went down
00:49Navatashvili's free kick it's a good ball inside
00:51and the first attempt at gold was just wide
00:55Ivan Cardona getting in front of the defenders
00:59Jonathan Close not following him
01:03Benauer, lovely ball
01:07good ball inside and there it is Cardona
01:16and finally a goal or is there
01:22well we went 90 plus minutes in the first leg without a goal as the offside flag here come off
01:29to deny them
01:30Dennis Apia picks it out beautifully that's onside
01:34that's clearly onside however that isn't
01:39has that hit
01:43another player on the way in
01:48Cardona celebrates
01:51did it hit Stassan on the way to goal
01:57some early work for Nicola Ranville in the VAR chair
02:02and it's been given as a nice little ball inside Stassan can't collect it though
02:07down goes Wahia rather dramatically but enough to convince the referee that there was a foul there by
02:15Le Cardinal
02:16it was a little hand on his shoulder but he still went down
02:19that's nice good play by Appia Cardona that's a great ball inside and it's over the top from Lucas Stassan
02:30more like it it is Saint Etienne the Ligue 2 side who was showing the great in Denver early on
02:35here in the Allianz Riviera
02:41Belgium's last goal came against Amir
02:4511 goal
02:46Samson
02:48Luché again
02:49Al-Wahri nice
02:50turn into space between the lines and then feeds to Luché
02:54Luché takes it back
02:55oh they missed it
02:56Charlie Sandroen
02:58quite sure how much that tactic will work out let's see that's a decent ball into the box
03:02Luché there
03:03and then the volley comes in and simple save from Jev Renjouf
03:11Luché St-Etienne keep coming, Appia again, now the good ball inside
03:18and great play by Danz who's furious with the players on the right hand side
03:23for allowing that ball into the first place
03:26Danz covering the run
03:27Lucas Stassan with the chance there to put it in at the near post
03:32just just enough pressure from the Brazilian to stop him
03:36and an enormous amount of room that allowed the ball in to start with
03:41close looking for the heads inside the area
03:43and he's found Danz!
03:45and a great save by Gautier Lassana
03:48to stop the veteran from scoring
03:51Oyaki, decent little ball in
03:53Appia, deflected away from the danger area
03:56back it comes again
03:58well over the top by Abdoulaye Conte
04:04Abdoulaye Conte is only 20 years old
04:06in his second, first season with St-Etienne
04:09since coming in from Middlesbrough on loan
04:23Melvin Bard seemingly in pain
04:27and you can hear it
04:29oof
04:29well you can see the knee go at a funny angle there
04:34I'm not sure I want to see that too
04:35oh that's the ankle
04:37oh my word
04:40Bada's come off
04:41but it
04:43won't matter at the moment
04:44because the referee has blown for half-time
04:46at the end of another goalless half
05:01stayed on the bench for the first leg
05:05did the defender
05:07long time Saint-Etienne man
05:09with one exception of a loan back
05:11at six years old
05:12so Jopp is officially on for Melvin Bard
05:17ooh
05:19Danch with an elbow was that?
05:25and Danch will get booked
05:33the clear accusation there is that
05:36Danch has used his elbow to come through on Agustin Boyacchi
05:41I can't see it from that one, there was a player in the way
05:43and we'll see it here
05:44back in January
05:47Moudache again
05:52nice ball inside
05:53good defending
05:54and the shot in
05:56tight passing
05:58doing well
06:00Gadebeku
06:01good closing down
06:02back it comes in again though
06:03out of the post from Stassan
06:05and now offside
06:12close
06:13close
06:13close
06:13still going
06:14nicely done
06:15back by Cardojois
06:17wide by Eli Wahi
06:19the one man
06:20that at least would have wanted to get on the end of this chance
06:23has not managed to put it in
06:26great defending by Appiah
06:30just gets in his way
06:36just gets in his way
06:37decent throw by Mendy as well
06:38and there is Klaas
06:41deadlock broken
06:43finally
06:44there we go
06:46there we go
06:48and there is Klaas
06:49the relief will be felt
06:50way outside of the stadium
06:53where there are no fans to celebrate it
06:59beneath the Ligue 1 side
07:01in front
07:04after 90 minutes of the first leg
07:06and an hour of the second
07:08Jonathan Close
07:09with the goal that could keep
07:12Les Aiglons flying
07:14in Ligue 1
07:17really good throw
07:18and really well hit by
07:20Jonathan Close
07:28the 33 year old former
07:31Lance and Marseille man comes up
07:33with only his second goal
07:38in comes the corner kick
07:39they good ball in
07:40still not away
07:41Luchet with the header
07:42back it comes again
07:44charged down by Jopp
07:47and in the end
07:48smothered by Yevland Jouf
07:51there's a Nice player down
07:52on the edge of the 6-yard box
07:58it's Danche
08:06that's not the right angle
08:07they need to show the right
08:07the same angle that we saw
08:08just a moment ago
08:09because you can't see anything
08:11from that
08:12oh are we looking for a handball?
08:14maybe we're not looking for a red card
08:16we're looking for a handball
08:20and he's given a penalty
08:25amazing
08:26to bring Saint Etienne level
08:33and the Leeds side equalise
08:36with 11 and a half minutes to go
08:43and no goals in the first leg
08:45now two in the second half
08:46of the second leg
08:48competently taken
08:54and a fiftieth goal of the season
08:57and a fiftieth goal of the season
08:57in the league
08:58and a fiftieth goal of the season
09:03put Saint Etienne within touching distance
09:05again of ascension
09:07Sofia and Jop has it for Nice
09:08looking through to Eli Wahee
09:10tackle though
09:11and here comes the goal
09:13and the youngster is for Nice back in front again
09:18moments after the equaliser
09:22there's Elie Wahee
09:34the youngster
09:36scores his second goal
09:40as a professional
09:49his first game against L'Oreal
09:51but this one
09:52is worth an awful lot more
09:55but now
09:56inadvertently
09:57sending his tackle
09:58into the path
09:59of the youngster
10:01and the 19-year-old
10:05Academy product
10:07has come up with a life-saving goal for Nice
10:16Claude Puel
10:17not to the death
10:18but he doesn't care
10:22sorry boss
10:24says Sofia
10:26by Stassan
10:27but I guess we've got to the sort of the point of
10:29game where you have to be
10:30but that's through to Eli Wahee
10:31Eli Wahee
10:32to finish it
10:33and he has
10:35in his final game
10:36since returning to his club after Lone
10:39the man who the fans said save us from the drop
10:42has finally come up with the game
10:44that has made him safe
10:51and suddenly it's a cushion
11:01and you can feel the strain and the stress
11:05falling off the shoulders of the Nice players
11:12at the end of a season where there has been nothing but stress
11:15and strain
11:17and disappointment
11:19and disappointment
11:20on the side
11:21Michael Nade playing him on
11:23and then a very fine finish
11:31and the Ivorian international
11:39gets the goal
11:40gets the goal
11:40that will keep
11:41him down
11:41Pedro still going
11:44and now here comes Eli Wahee
11:47and he's away
11:48Eli Wahee against Lassana
11:50and he's done again
11:54two goals
11:55and Eli Wahee inside the last few minutes of the game
11:58has stretched knees off into the distance
12:05it's finished you heard them scream
12:11it's the first time they've scored
12:15four goals in a game this season
12:20and they've left it till the end
12:23to suddenly
12:25rediscover their firepower at home
12:28and one cannot help thinking that maybe the crowd not being here
12:32has taken away the pressure
12:34on them
12:35that they would have felt
12:36if things had gone the way they had in this game
12:39for as long as they did
12:42but without the relentless pressure
12:45from the crowd here
12:46in this closed doors game
12:48it's allowed them to keep pressing
12:53and they have pressed themselves to safety
12:57Nice four
12:59Saint Etienne one
13:04because we're reaching the nine minutes
13:07Rudy Bouquet looks like he's happy to go on for another minute
13:10and he blows the end
13:12and Nice are safe
13:15after a season of woe
13:17and extremes
13:18and ladies and gentlemen
13:23you
13:27you
13:29you
13:31you
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