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Ligue 1

Dec 5, 2015 at 7pm UK

Caen
1-2
Lille

Delort (70' pen.)

FT(HT: 0-1)

Benzia (28', 57')

Match Report

Football

Yassine Benzia brace sees Lille beat Caen

By Chris O'Keefe, Reporter | 05 December 2015

Yassine Benzia scores two goals to help Lille earn their first victory under new manager Frederic Antonetti against Caen.

Two goals from Yassine Benzia have helped Frederic Antonetti pick up his first win as Lille manager and deny Caen the chance to move into second place.

The Normandy outfit started strongly as Nicolas Seube brought an early save out of Nigerian keeper Vincent Enyeama.

Caen's French midfielder Nicolas Seube (L) vies with Lille's French midfielder Marvin Martin during the French L1 football match between Caen (SMC) and Lille (LOSC), on December 5, 2015, at the Michel d'Ornano stadium, in Caen, northwestern France. © Getty Images

On 13 minutes, Caen threatened again as Andy Delort, reportedly a target for Leicester City, took aim for all of 35 yards, but saw his shot tipped away by the Lille stopper.

However, it was Les Dogues who took the lead on 28 minutes as Djibril Sidibe teed up Benzia, who calmly slotted the ball past Remi Vercoutre.

Early in the second half, Antonetti's men doubled their advantage as Benzia scored his fourth of the season.

Caen did pull one back with 20 minutes left through Delort's penalty after Sofiane Boufal's foul on Sidibe.

However, Lille held on for their first victory under their new manager, which has moved them into 12th place.