There was no miracle for the OGC Nice. Opposed to AS Rome on Wednesday for their entry into the Europa League, the Aiglons logically bit the dust by losing 2-1 to the Allianz Riviera. What confirm the complicated start to the season of the Niçois.
Published in the Europa League after his elimination in the 3rd qualification round of the Champions League by Benfica in August (0-2, 2-0), the Riviera club displays two meager victories for six defeats in all competitions since the start of the season. Beaten from entry to home by Toulouse in Ligue 1, the OGC Nice also bowed heavily in Le Havre (3-1) or Brest (4-1).
This setback also extends the incredible decency of the Niçois on the European scene, they who have not won in the European Cup for 13 matches and the 8th finish return of C4 against the Sheriff Tiraspol in March 2023. A black series necessarily worrying then the men of Franck Haise will have a lot to do in the coming weeks with trips on the lawns of Fenerbahçe, of Celta Vigo and of ludogorets and the receptions of Friborg, Braga and Go Ahead Eagles.
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So much so that Daniel Riolo does not imagine Nice get out of this first phase. “You watch the matches that remain – their menu – and you say to yourself: 'But when they can take ten points?' I think it takes ten or eleven points to pass and I do not see where they take them ”, he said to the after microphone.
And RMC's polemicist to point the finger at the responsibility of Franck Haise. “Since the start of the season, he cannot have an immunity totem. The way he prepared the team, the way Nice plays week after week, there is a real thing that is wrong. “ he blown, adding: “He knows that there is an expectation, that they were ridiculous last year, that everyone is waiting for them at the turn, that everyone looks at them because they were the shame of France in the European Cup. That he wants to play down and not put a ton of pressure, it is not stupid. But it implies having a more offensive speech with the team with a phenomenal slab as soon as you kick off. And that, you didn't see it. »»
