Po hosted Nancy at Nust Camp on Thursday evening and fell 0-1 in a match decided in the dying stages. The result leaves Po in eleventh place with five points from five games, while Nancy move up to seventh on seven points after four outings. By then it was clear enough that this was a game Po would need to negotiate carefully.
The visitors broke the deadlock in the eighty-seventh minute when B. Bokangu found the net. One mistake ends it, and Po had been holding their shape well enough to warrant something more. The goal came after a period of sustained pressure that finally told, though the hosts had created nothing of note themselves throughout the ninety minutes.
Discipline was an issue on both sides. Po accumulated three yellow cards, with Axel Dodote booked twice in quick succession at eighteenth and nineteenth minutes. Nancy kept their discipline better with two cautions, though Héliohdino Tavares picked one up late on as the game opened up.
Coaches made changes to shift momentum, though neither side found a decisive lever. Po brought on L. Gadegbeku and B. Leye together at the break, while Nancy responded with L. Rajot and N. Obougou in the sixty-first minute. More pairs arrived in the sixty-eighth and eighty-sixth minutes as managers looked for answers.
The statistics tell a story Po could not quite make work. They held 46 per cent possession but registered only one shot on target and created zero big chances. Nancy managed three shots on target from five attempts and produced one big opportunity, converting it only when the game was already slipping away from their opponents.
The gap between sides remains narrow in the table, but the performance gap was wider than the points difference suggests. Po had been competitive in certain phases, yet one moment ends it, and they paid the price. Nancy now hold a slight advantage in their early campaign, though neither side has built a foundation yet worth calling solid.