Less than a year after leaving the Europa League on a pitiful 35th place out of 36 at the end of the league phase, with no victory at the key, the OGC Nice found the competition this Wednesday evening. For his first match in this new edition of the Europa League, Franck Haize's team continued on its line with a defeat conceded against AS Rome (1-2).
Everything will not be to be discarded in what the Aiglons showed but it was once still not enough to hope for better. Faced with a wolf that started its season well with four victories on its first five Serie A games, the task was announced complicated for the locals. Eating during the first period on the possession of the ball (34%), the Niçois were not too unhappy to join the locker room on the score of 0-0.
But the winner of the 2024 edition of this Europa League supported the accelerator shortly after returning to the field. On a corner struck by Lorenzo Pellegrini, Evan Ndickka opened the scoring in favor of visitors (0-1, 52nd). And almost in the process, Gianluca Mancini offered the Break to the Romans (0-2, 55th).
Moffi marks but does not prevent defeat
Two shots on the heads of the Niçois who pushed Franck Haize to make three changes at the time of play. And it is precisely one of the new entrants, in this case Terem Moffi, who will score a goal on penalty, after a fault of Niccolo Pisilli on Antoine Mendy (1-2, 77th).
What give a little hope to the gym supporters who will not have the opportunity to ignite a second time. At the final whistle, it was the Roma who was able to raise his arms to the sky to celebrate the victory. In the provisional classification, the Italian team is third while Nice is thirty-second. Next European meeting for the Aiglons scheduled for October 2, on Fenerbahçe's field.
