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Nantes pay emotional tribute to Sala
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 31 - 01 - 2019

Emotions ran high as Nantes paid tribute to their former player Emiliano Sala on Wednesday in their first game since the Argentine went missing in a light aircraft over the English Channel.
Referee Frank Schneider stopped play in the Ligue 1 match against St Etienne at La Beaujoire in the ninth minute — in a possible reference to Sala's shirt number — for a minute of applause during which Nantes coach Vahid Halilhodzic was in tears.
The game ended in a 1-1 draw after Nantes' Majeed Waris canceled out Remy Cabella's second-half opener for St Etienne.
St Etienne are fourth in the table on 37 points from 22 games, while Nantes lie 14th on 24 points.
Fans unveiled banners for Sala, most notably a giant Argentinian flag, and all of Nantes' players had Sala's name on the back of their shirt.
A portrait of Sala was unfolded in the center circle as the players stepped onto the pitch with fans chanting their former striker's name.
The Nantes players wore t-shirts saying 'On t'aime Emi' (We love you Emi), which they showed to the crowd after Waris scored in the 70th minute, and the St Etienne players had t-shirts saying 'Pray for Sala'.
Several former Nantes players were in the stands, including Caen striker Yacine Bammou, who was pictured in tears.
A few fans from Cardiff City, for whom Sala had just signed when he went missing, were at the stadium unveiling a banner that said: 'We never saw you play and never saw you score, but Emiliano our beautiful Bluebird we will love you forever more.'
Sala scored 48 goals from 133 appearances for Nantes.
Earlier on Wednesday, investigators searching for the lost plane carrying Sala said an underwater search would begin after they found two seat cushions on the French coast that likely belonged to the aircraft.
The 28-year-old had been en route from Nantes with pilot David Ibbotson to make his debut for Cardiff City when the plane disappeared over the English Channel on Jan. 21.
Earlier, Racing Strasbourg struck three times in the space of 12 minutes to secure a 3-2 comeback home win against Girondins de Bordeaux and a place in the League Cup final on Wednesday.
A goal by Ludovic Ajorque and a Lebo Mothiba double turned the match around after Younousse Sankhare's early opener as Strasbourg set up a clash with En Avant Guingamp in Lille on March 30.
Sankhare put the visitors ahead in the 14th minute with a powerful shot from inside the box after Strasbourg keeper Bingourou Kamara failed to properly clear a corner kick.
Ajorque made it 1-1 four minutes into the second half before Mothiba found the back of the net from close range in the 55th and 60th minutes.
Jimmy Briand pulled one back for Bordeaux eight minutes from fulltime.
Guingamp reached the final by beating Monaco on penalties after Tuesday's game had ended in a 2-2 draw. — Reuters


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