Thomas Siniecki, Media365: published on Saturday November 30, 2024 at 5:30 p.m.
Will OGC Nice, out of the running in Europe, manage to transfer all its strength to the championship? The means are running out.
Franck Haise is exhausted, literally and figuratively after his health scare last week following the victory against Strasbourg (2-1) which forced him to undergo urgent examinations due to violent pain. head. On the pitch, at the end of the new humiliation in the Europa League on Thursday against Glasgow Rangers (1-4), the Aiglons coach no longer really knows what to do in the face of the massacre of injured people, on the eve of a difficult trip in Lyon. Melvin Bard and Youssouf Ndayishimiye came in turn to fill the infirmary, alongside their teammates Dante, Terem Moffi, Morgan Sanson, Jeremie Boga, Jonathan Clauss, Ali Abdi, Antoine Mendy and Victor Orakpo. Just that.
“I include members of the staff for set pieces”
“In the players of the pro group, I have three defenders out of the usual nine, so I will take other defenders from the training… I don't know what the advantage is between having 23 players available, like Lyon, and twelve or thirteen like us Yes, Lyon traveled, but I prefer to have their group and to have won 4-1 than the opposite…” Since, conversely, the Gones won 4-1. Qarabag Thursday evening, also on the occasion of the fifth day of the Europa League.
The situation is so delicate that even training and its basics are complicated to ensure: “Despite the presence of young people, we do not have a group of 20 players to work in tactical opposition, so I integrate members of the staff for set pieces.” Fortunately for the Niçois, the situation is much better in Ligue 1 with a series of eight games without defeat (best current series behind PSG, the only club still undefeated) and a fifth place. But OL, who for their part have seven games in a row without losing, are only one point away.
