Nigeria international Moses Simon showed his usefulness to Nantes by putting in a commendable shift to help them to a 2-1 win again Nimes despite finishing the game with nine men.
Simon started in an unfamiliar role in attack even although he played in same position last season. He started the move that led to the first goal scored by Andrei Girotto in the 11th minute.
Imran Louza put them two goals up as they went into the half time break comfortably leading and pushing for their first win of the season after last weekend draw against Bordeaux.
Five minutes after the break, Louza who scored the second goal for Nantes via the spot was shown a straight red card and six minutes later Nimes pull a goal back through Zinedine Ferhat.
The red card saw Simon drop into a defensive role where he was up and doing mopping up incursions into their half to protect their slim advantage.
Nantes were further reduced when Fabio was shown a red after picking up two bookings and that set up a nervous end to the game but Nantes hang on to pick all three points.
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