Substitutes Shine in Stoppage Time to Give Auxerre Point at Nice

Soccer Football - Ligue 1 - OGC Nice v Auxerre - Allianz Riviera, Nice, France - March 14, 2025 OGC Nice's Evann Guessand celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Manon Cruz
Soccer Football - Ligue 1 - OGC Nice v Auxerre - Allianz Riviera, Nice, France - March 14, 2025 OGC Nice's Evann Guessand celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Manon Cruz
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Substitutes Shine in Stoppage Time to Give Auxerre Point at Nice

Soccer Football - Ligue 1 - OGC Nice v Auxerre - Allianz Riviera, Nice, France - March 14, 2025 OGC Nice's Evann Guessand celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Manon Cruz
Soccer Football - Ligue 1 - OGC Nice v Auxerre - Allianz Riviera, Nice, France - March 14, 2025 OGC Nice's Evann Guessand celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Manon Cruz

Substitutes Florian Ayé and Ado Onaiwu combined in stoppage time to score and salvage a point in Auxerre's 1-1 draw at Nice in Ligue 1 on Friday.
The high-flying home side led through a 37th-minute header from Evann Guessand and was on top for most of the match, The Associated Press reported.
But a red card for a nasty foul by Melvin Bard with six minutes remaining opened the door for Auxerre, which was seeking a 500th victory in Ligue 1.
In the fourth minute of added time, Onaiwu’s pass set up Ayé.
The goal stopped Nice from returning to winning ways after a 2-0 loss at home to Lyon last week ended its four-game winning streak. Franck Haise’s men remain in third place, two points behind Marseille.
Auxerre was 11th.



Neymar Returns from Injury, Santos Future Unclear

(FILES) Santos' forward #10 Neymar gestures during the Campeonato Paulista football match between Santos and Botafogo de Ribeirao Preto at the Urbano Caldeira Stadium in Santos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on February 5, 2025. (Photo by Nelson ALMEIDA / AFP)
(FILES) Santos' forward #10 Neymar gestures during the Campeonato Paulista football match between Santos and Botafogo de Ribeirao Preto at the Urbano Caldeira Stadium in Santos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on February 5, 2025. (Photo by Nelson ALMEIDA / AFP)
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Neymar Returns from Injury, Santos Future Unclear

(FILES) Santos' forward #10 Neymar gestures during the Campeonato Paulista football match between Santos and Botafogo de Ribeirao Preto at the Urbano Caldeira Stadium in Santos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on February 5, 2025. (Photo by Nelson ALMEIDA / AFP)
(FILES) Santos' forward #10 Neymar gestures during the Campeonato Paulista football match between Santos and Botafogo de Ribeirao Preto at the Urbano Caldeira Stadium in Santos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil on February 5, 2025. (Photo by Nelson ALMEIDA / AFP)

Neymar returned to action on Thursday after more than a month on the sidelines due to a thigh injury but the Brazilian was unable to prevent Santos from exiting the Copa do Brasil after they lost 5-4 in a penalty shootout against CRB.

The former Barcelona and Paris St Germain forward has had a horrible run of injuries, and left the pitch in tears last month after suffering his second significant injury of the year.

The 33-year-old returned to his boyhood club Santos after a stint at Saudi Arabia's Al-Hilal, with his contract at the Brazilian side running until June 30 according to media reports.

Neymar was giving little away when asked if he would extend his stay at Santos, who drew with CRB in both legs of their third-round tie.

"I don't know yet," he told Amazon Prime, according to Reuters.

Santos are currently second bottom of the league, having lost six of their first nine matches of the 2025 season.