Nice took the game to their hosts and came close to opening the scoring in the sixth minute when Gouiri fired a fine shot but the effort narrowly missed the target.
The moment eventually came for the Eagles when they were awarded a penalty after Algeria international Hichem Boudaoui was brought down in the box by Damien Da Silva as he attempted to dribble his way towards goal.
Gouiri was given the opportunity to take the resulting penalty kick and the Algerian attacker did not make a mistake in sending Senegal goalkeeper Alfred Gomis to the wrong side of the net as his effort sailed into the back of the net.
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