Antonetti continues winning start with Lille

PARIS: Lille grabbed the spotlight with a third straight Ligue 1 win under their new coach Frederic Antonetti on Saturday as Lorient were beaten 3-0.

Lille sacked previous coach Herve Renard, who had garnered just two league wins, in November and since taking over the motivational Antonetti has also overseen wins at Caen and at home to Saint Etienne in his two other games.

Striker Eric Bautheac opened the scoring for Lille with a fine header on 28 minutes and doubled the tally with a tap in on 56 minutes before Djibril Sidibe ended any suspense on six minutes from time.

With the attention of the football world fixed on the Euro 2016 draw, the day’s Ligue 1 programme featured none of the major teams.

Runaway leaders Paris Saint Germain are 15 points clear at the top and host Lyon on Sunday evening as second placed Angers entertain Bordeaux earlier in the afternoon.

Elsewhere on Saturday evening, bottom side Troyes earned just their seventh point of the season with a 1-1 draw at home to Bastia.

Second from bottom Toulouse got a point at Nantes with a 1-1 draw while Montpellier came from behind to beat Guingamp 2-1.