Kader Bamba came off the bench to score an injury-time winner as Nantes won 1-0 at Le Havre to secure a vital win in its battle to avoid relegation from the French league. Bamba struck in the third minute of stoppage time as re-hired coach Antoine Kombouaré's side moved up to 14th place in the 18-team league.
PARIS — Kader Bamba came off the bench to score an injury-time winner as Nantes won 1-0 at Le Havre on Sunday, securing a vital win in its battle to avoid relegation from the French league.
Storied club Nantes has won the league title eight times but narrowly avoided relegation last year and in 2021.has saved the club before and was re-hired to do so again, despite very public differences of opinion between him and club president Waldemar Kita. The bottom two go down and the 16th-place side goes into a relegation-promotion playoff. Le Havre was promoted last season and is in 15th place.
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