Echoes before Nice – Rangers

Wednesday 27th November 2024 07:55 AM

Europa League

Thursday evening, OGC Nice returns to Europe with a League phase poster against Glasgow Rangers (9:00 p.m.). The echoes less than 48 hours before the meeting.

Tuesday morning, Franck Haise's men were on the training center field. A final session is scheduled, behind closed doors, on Wednesday afternoon. While the Rangers plan to train in Scotland in the morning before joining Nice during the day on Wednesday.

“Match eve” live

As before each European meeting, the digital platforms of OGC Nice take you on a live “match watch” this Wednesday at 5 p.m. The show, presented by Constantin Djivas, will offer you the latest information on the match, the best moments from the press conference by Franck Haise and Marcin Bułka, as well as a presentation of the Rangers, while answering all your questions live .

1,800 Scots!

The visitors' sector will be full for the first time this season in the European Cup in Nice. If the Dutch of Twente were a little less than 600, and the Spanish of Real Sociedad only 142, the Rangers supporters snatched up the 1,800 places offered in the parking lot.

The Blackweek special offer

“2 tickets purchased = 1 free” is the great offer offered by the ticket office for this poster against the Rangers. Available online, as part of “BlackWeek”.

A Spanish whistle

Thursday's meeting will be led by Spaniard Ricardo de Burgos.

The 2nd confrontation with a Scottish club

The forties still have in mind the qualification against Kilmarnock in the Cup of Cups in 1997. But OGC Nice had already battled with a Scottish team before, and in this case the Rangers. In 1956, Pancho Gonzalez and the Aiglons first lost in Glasgow (2-1) before resetting the scoreboard in Nice (2-1). The two teams were decided by a support match at the Parc des Princes, with a victory for the red and black (3-1) synonymous with the quarter-final of the Champion Clubs' Cup.

Ranking update

With two units on the clock, the Aiglons occupy 31st place in the League phase standings, two points from 24th and last play-off place. The Rangers have collected 7 points and are ranked 10th.