Nantes fans remember Sala; Neymar 支払う/賃金s 尊敬の印 to Bryant
PARIS (AP) - Nantes fans paid an emotional 尊敬の印 to Emiliano Sala before Sunday's home game against Bordeaux, a year after the Argentine striker's death in a 計画(する) 衝突,墜落 shook the サッカー world. Paris Saint-Germain 星/主役にする Neymar paid a 尊敬の印 of his own to NBA 広大な/多数の/重要な Kobe Bryant after 得点する/非難する/20ing against Lille.
Sala died after the 選び出す/独身-engine 航空機 carrying him from Nantes to his new club Cardiff 衝突,墜落d 近づく the Channel Island of Guernsey on Jan. 21 last year. His 団体/死体 was 回復するd from the 難破 two weeks later. He was 28 years old and entering his prime years as a striker. The 操縦する, David Ibbotson, also died.
A 巨大(な) picture of Sala was 陳列する,発揮するd on the 中心 circle before the French league game at Stade de la Beaujoire and (映画の)フィート数 of him playing in the 伝統的な yellow and green of Nantes was shown on a 巨大(な) 審査する to gentle background music. Fans looked on in respectful silence, some 持つ/拘留するing up jerseys with Sala's 指名する on the 支援する.
Fans then broke out into 詠唱するs of "Emiliano Sala, Emiliano, Emiliano, Emiliano Sala" and clapped along to the 差し控える. Just before kickoff a minute's 賞賛 was held as a 巨大(な) picture of Sala's 直面する was shown on the 審査する.
After nine minutes of Sunday's game the (人が)群がる 詠唱するd Sala's 指名する at length. Sala wore the No. 9 shirt for Nantes with 広大な/多数の/重要な pride, and the number has since been retired by the club.
Nantes players wore a special blue and white jersey in the colors of Argentina's 国家の team for the game against Bordeaux, the club where Sala started his career after coming to フラン 10 years ago after doing 井戸/弁護士席 at the Proyecto Crecer 青年 学院 in San Francisco, Argentina.

A 巨大(な) canvas showing late Argentinian player Emiliano Sala is pictured in La Beaujoire stadium 事前の the French League One サッカー match between Nantes against Bordeaux in Nantes, western フラン, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. Nantes paid an emotional 尊敬の印 to Emiliano Sala by wearing a special blue and white (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Nantes said 利益(をあげる)s made from selling the commemorative blue and white outfit will be 配分するd to Sala's former clubs in Argentina.
Bordeaux won 1-0 with 退役軍人 今後 Jimmy Briand 得点する/非難する/20ing. Nantes had its Brazilian midfielder Andrei Girotto sent off 早期に in the second half. Nantes is in sixth place and Bordeaux is 10th.
The fans 詠唱するd Sala's 指名する again for several minutes 近づく the end of the game.
"He´s still in our thoughts," Nantes captain Abdoulaye 小旅行する? said. "We 手配中の,お尋ね者 to 勝利,勝つ this match for him but we didn´t manage to."
Sala netted 48 goals in 133 games and was a fan favorite because of his hard work and unselfishness.
His 課すing stature, 長,率いるing prowess and ability to play 支援する to goal 誘発するd Cardiff - which was then in the 首相 League - to agree a club-記録,記録的な/記録する 17 million euros ($19.3 million) to 調印する him.
Hours before the 計画(する) 衝突,墜落, FIFA had received an online 文書 from the Welsh サッカー 連合 to 完全にする transferring the player's 登録 from フラン.
Since Sala's death, Nantes and Cardiff have been 伴う/関わるd in a 論争 over 移転 料金 支払い(額)s. Last year, Cardiff とじ込み/提出するd a 法廷,裁判所 控訴,上告 捜し出すing to overturn a FIFA order that it must 支払う/賃金 Nantes a 6 million euro ($6.7 million) first 支払い(額) for Sala. FIFA 支配するd in 好意 of Nantes and 警告するd Cardiff it 直面するs a 移転 禁止(する) of three 貿易(する)ing windows if it 辞退するs to 支払う/賃金 when the 事例/患者 is settled.
NEYMAR'S KOBE TRIBUTE
After 得点する/非難する/20ing a 刑罰,罰則 against Lille, Paris Saint-Germain 星/主役にする Neymar held up two fingers on his 権利 手渡す and four fingers on his left to make Bryant's famed No. 24 jersey for the Los Angeles Lakers.
Bryant, basketball's 18-time NBA All-星/主役にする who won five 選手権s and became one of the greatest basketball players of his 世代 during a 20-year career with the Lakers, died in a ヘリコプター 衝突,墜落 Sunday. He was 41.
Neymar, who said after the game that he knew Bryant, looked solemn-直面するd as he held his fingers up to the camera on the 味方する of the field. He then clasped his 手渡すs together in a 祈り 調印する.
Earlier, Neymar had 得点する/非難する/20d a superb goal in the 28th minute as league leader PSG won 2-0 to move 10 points ahead of second-place Marseille.
Speaking to French 放送者 Canal 加える after the game, Neymar explained why he 献身的な his second goal of the night to Bryant. He 得点する/非難する/20d in the first half but at this point he hadn´t 設立する out about Bryant´s death, which he learned in the locker room at halftime.
"I went to look at the messages on social マスコミ at halftime, I 設立する out that Kobe was dead," Neymar said on TV through a 翻訳家. "It´s very saddening for the world of sport and for all of us. Not only for basketball fans but for everything he did for the sport. I knew him and made this 祝賀 for him, for his number. I hope he 残り/休憩(する)s in peace."
Last season PSG lost 5-1 at Lille for the heaviest 敗北・負かす for Qatari owners QSI since they took over the club in June, 2011.
Lille matched PSG in the first half and went の近くに to 得点する/非難する/20ing when Brazilian winger Luiz Araujo's fizzing strike drew a 罰金 save from goalkeeper Keylor Navas.
But Neymar gave goalkeeper マイク Maignan no chance, curling a 発射 into the 最高の,を越す 権利 corner from the 辛勝する/優位 of the 刑罰,罰則 area after expertly chesting 負かす/撃墜する a high pass and swapping quick passes with midfielder Marco Verratti.
Neymar slotted in the 刑罰,罰則 in the 52nd に引き続いて a Lille handball.
DEBUT GOAL
Karl Toko Ekambi netted on his Lyon debut in a 3-0 home 勝利,勝つ against last-place Toulouse.
The Cameroon striker, who joined from Spanish 味方する Villarreal, 完全にするd the 得点する/非難する/20ing in the 77th as fifth-place Lyon 持続するd its unbeaten start to 2020.
今後s Maxwell Cornet and Moussa Demb?l? also 得点する/非難する/20d.
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PSG's Neymar celebrates after 得点する/非難する/20ing his 味方する's second goal during the French League One サッカー match between Lille and PSG at the Lille Metropole stadium, in Villeneuve d'Ascq, northern フラン, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

Nantes サッカー 支持者s 持つ/拘留する an Argentinian Jersey to 支払う/賃金 尊敬の印 to late Argentinian サッカー player Emiliano Sala 事前の the French League One サッカー match between Nantes against Bordeaux in Nantes, western フラン, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. Nantes paid an emotional 尊敬の印 to Emiliano Sala by wearing a special blue and white shirt 代表するing the Argentina team's colors during its home game against Bordeaux. Sala died after the 選び出す/独身-engine 航空機 carrying him from Nantes to his new club Cardiff 衝突,墜落d 近づく the Channel Island of Guernsey on Jan. 21 last year. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

支持者s gather to 支払う/賃金 尊敬の印 to Argentinian サッカー player Emiliano Sala 事前の the French League One サッカー match between Nantes against Bordeaux at La Beaujoire stadium in Nantes, western フラン, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. Nantes paid an emotional 尊敬の印 to Emiliano Sala b y wearing a special blue and white shirt 代表するing the Argentina team's colors during its home game against Bordeaux. Sala died after the 選び出す/独身-engine 航空機 carrying him from Nantes to his new club Cardiff 衝突,墜落d 近づく the Channel Island of Guernsey on Jan. 21 last year. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Nantes players warm up next to a 巨大(な) canvas showing late Argentinian player Emiliano Sala is pictured in La Beaujoire stadium 事前の the French League One サッカー match between Nantes against Bordeaux in Nantes, western フラン, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. Nantes paid an emotional 尊敬の印 to Emiliano Sala by wearing a special blue and white shirt 代表するing the Argentina team's colors during its home game against Bordeaux. Sala died after the 選び出す/独身-engine 航空機 carrying him from Nantes to his new club Cardiff 衝突,墜落d 近づく the Channel Island of Guernsey on Jan. 21 last year. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Nantes Ludovic Blas, left, fights for the ball with Bordeaux's Loris Benito during the French League One サッカー match between Nantes and Bordeaux at La Beaujoire stadium in Nantes, western フラン, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Nantes Ludovic Blas, 中心, fights for the ball with Bordeaux's Otavio, second left, during the French League One サッカー match between Nantes and Bordeaux at La Beaujoire stadium in Nantes, western フラン, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Nantes サッカー 支持者s 持つ/拘留する an Argentinian Jersey to 支払う/賃金 尊敬の印 to late Argentinian サッカー player Emiliano Sala 事前の the French League One サッカー match between Nantes against Bordeaux in Nantes, western フラン, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. Nantes paid an emotional 尊敬の印 to Emiliano Sala by wearing a special blue and white shirt 代表するing the Argentina team's colors during its home game against Bordeaux. Sala died after the 選び出す/独身-engine 航空機 carrying him from Nantes to his new club Cardiff 衝突,墜落d 近づく the Channel Island of Guernsey on Jan. 21 last year. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Nantes サッカー 支持者s 支払う/賃金 尊敬の印 to late Argentinian サッカー player Emiliano Sala 事前の the French League One サッカー match between Nantes against Bordeaux in Nantes, western フラン, Sunday , Jan. 26, 2020. Nantes paid an emotional 尊敬の印 to Emiliano Sala by wearing a special blue and white shirt 代表するing the Argentina team's colors during its home game against Bordeaux. Sala died after the 選び出す/独身-engine 航空機 carrying him from Nantes to his new club Cardiff 衝突,墜落d 近づく the Channel Island of Guernsey on Jan. 21 last year. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

PSG's Neymar celebrates after 得点する/非難する/20ing the 開始 goal during the French League One サッカー match between Lille and PSG at the Lille Metropole stadium, in Villeneuve d'Ascq, northern フラン, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

PSG's Neymar 支配(する)/統制するs the ball during the French League One サッカー match between Lille and PSG at the Lille Metropole stadium, in Villeneuve d'Ascq, northern フラン, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

PSG's Neymar celebrates after 得点する/非難する/20ing his 味方する's second goal during the French League One サッカー match between Lille and PSG at the Lille Metropole stadium, in Villeneuve d'Ascq, northern フラン, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)