Nice is the ugly duckling of French football. On the move on the Fenerbahçe lawn, the Aiglons bowed 2-1 in Türkiye and thus chained a 14e European Cup match in Victoire. What to tarnish the results of the week of tricolor clubs.
Because for the rest, the week was splendid. The tone had been set by Olympique de Marseille, a spectacular winner of Ajax Amsterdam at the Vélodrome (4-0). In the process, PSG signed the feat of the week by going to prevail over the Baça lawn (2-1) and Monaco was tearing the draw against Manchester City (2-2).
And Thursday, if Nice maintained her legend, Lille struck a blow by winning on the lawn of AS Rome, Lyon confirmed his solidity against the RB Salzburg (2-0) and Strasbourg celebrated his reunion with Europe by going to win 2-1 at the Slovan Bratislava. Enough to return the UEFA index of France upwards.
Germany is moving away
With 1.57 points scored, France has the best report in Europe of the week and has accumulated 5.213 points since the start of the season. It is more than the Netherlands (4.414 points), which allows France to consolidate its fifth place. However, it is less than Portugal (6,800), the best nation in Europe this season, or that Belgium (5,300), which nevertheless experienced a serious stop this week.
However, with more than 11 points ahead of Portugal and 14 on Belgium, France has a small margin for next season, when it will have to remove the 18.4 points of the 2021/22 season, its best over the last five years.
As for fourth place, Germany has further increased its advance and now has a mattress of almost 7 points.
