OGC Nice is making history in the European Cup. But not in a truly favorable sense.
Indeed, by losing against FC Porto (3-0), Thursday evening in the Europa League, the Aiglons signed
their 17th consecutive European match without the slightest victory. For Daniel Riolo, Franck Haise is no longer the man for the job.
“When you see that the coach no longer holds the team, that the players no longer follow him, that the management does not make decisions or makes bad ones, that the players are no longer capable of taking responsibility, that the coach criticizes the players and that it makes them hungry…”, declared the sports journalist on RMC.
Haise kept in post… For how long?
Certainly, OGC Nice’s opponents in the Europa League this season are formidable teams. Indeed, before the defeat in Portugal, Melvin Bard and his teammates had successively lost against AS Roma (2-1), Fenerbahçe (2-1), Celta Vigo (2-1) and Friborg (3-1). However, a few months earlier, they had not been able to win against less prestigious teams, like Ferencvaros (1-0), Elfsborg (1-0), Twente (2-2) or even Bodo Glimt (1-1).
Franck Haise is the coach who has played the most matches in the Europa League without his team ever winning (four draws and eleven defeats). “No one responds anymore, and that’s when the supporters freak out and wait for decisions. The first is obviously to separate from a coach who clearly no longer has solutions, and who no longer has control over his group. concludes Daniel Riolo. Sunday, Nice will travel to Lorient for the 14th day of Ligue 1.
