Bordeaux and Nantes draw 0-0 in French league’s opening game
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PARIS – Nantes was held to a 0-0 draw at 10-man Bordeaux in the first game of the French league season on Friday.
Nantes failed to capitalize after Bordeaux midfielder Mehdi Zerkane was sent off after 20 minutes for a crude foul on centre half Nicolas Pallois. Bordeaux centre back Laurent Koscielny helped the home side’s defence hold firm.
These two teams were not supposed to open the campaign, but did so because Marseille’s match against Saint-Etienne was postponed after three more positive coronavirus tests at Marseille.
It was the first league game played in France since March 8, after which the remaining matches of the previous season were postponed and then cancelled altogether because of the pandemic.
In Saturday’s games, Rennes is at Lille — the sides finished third and fourth last season — and Dijon faces Angers.
Defending champion Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon are not playing this weekend, because they were involved in Champions League games this week.
PSG takes on Bayern Munich in Sunday’s final while Lyon lost 3-0 in the semifinals to Bayern on Wednesday.
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