If Goal! Football Club primarily deals with the news of certain elite teams, we have decided to give you a summary of what happened today in the other – less media-covered – part of France. soccer.
LOSC: Genesio and Létang over the moon after Bologna
Wednesday evening, LOSC saved the honor of French clubs in the Champions League by winning 2-1 in Bologna. A result which made the difficult president Olivier Létang very happy: “Winning here with this mastery and so many opportunities has not happened to many teams. It’s a great performance.”
Satisfied with his young people who still responded, Bruno Genesio said no less: “Few people would have bet on such a course. But when I look back at the individual and collective evolution of my team, I am not that surprised (…) Are we qualified? I don’t know with this new formula. We don’t have too much perspective yet, even if the statistical calculations are optimistic with ten points. We took an important step towards the round of 16. We are in a good position before receiving Sturm Graz.”
LOSC: Mukau in the C1 standard team
With a rating of 9/10 in L’Equipe, Ngal’ayel Mukau is the only Ligue 1 player in the typical team of the Champions League day in the columns of L’Equipe. Sign of his enormous performance.
LOSC: Bouaddi on the radar of very big clubs
Prodigy of LOSC where he explodes this season at 17 years old, Ayyoub Bouaddi will undoubtedly become the next big sale of the Mastiffs. Indeed, Ekrem Konur understands that the midfielder with a well-shaped and full head is of interest to many Italian Serie A and Premier League clubs, impressed by his XXL performances against Real Madrid or Juventus in Turin.
AS Monaco: Hütter gets annoyed after defeat against Benfica
Beaten for the first time this season in the European Cup by Benfica Lisbon (2-3) yesterday, AS Monaco experienced a slight setback after its successful start to the Champions League. “Annoyed by the result”, Adi Hütter was also annoyed by the lack of control over the nerves of his players… who finished with ten men: “Football is made up of a lot of emotions but three yellow cards in two minutes is is way too much. You have to know how to stay calm and communicate well. We are guilty of the remarks we make to the referee. The rest is his decision.”
OGC Nice: the group decimated before the Rangers
This Thursday evening (9 p.m.), OGC Nice hosts Glasgow Rangers already having their backs against the wall in the Europa League with only two points taken in four matches. However, Franck Haise refuses to draw too many plans on the comet with “only 13 or 14 pros” available for this match. Indeed, the Gym must deal with eight absentees (Bombito, S.Diop, Abdi, Clauss, An.Mendy, Sanson, Moffi, Orakpo) in addition to Evann Guessand, spared for this match. Dante and Jérémie Boga are also expected on the bench, the two men, slightly injured, did not train yesterday. Not easy in these conditions for the coach…
Girondins: Ecuele Manga empties his bag on his aborted return to Bordeaux
Often cited this summer as a possible reinforcement for the Girondins de Bordeaux, Bruno Ecuele Manga (36 years old) was not recalled by the club to the scapular to strengthen the National 2 team. A decision that the Gabonese international (105 caps and still captain) laments to Girondins4ever: “It’s a challenge that I obviously found interesting. I waited for the sports director to call me back, but the call never came (…) It was absolutely not a question of money. At my age, it was the challenge, the desire to help my club, to put it back where it should be. I even agreed to what was offered to me. I didn’t understand why I wasn’t being called back.”
