We can say that the first contact with this Roi Baudoin stadium does not necessarily make you want to come back on Thursday. Beyond the thermometer which barely showed three degrees this Wednesday, it is above all the lawn which is cooling. Grated on two thirds of the field, it no longer surprises Belgian journalists who have seen it deteriorate since the start of the season. It is here that the Belgian national team fell to the Blues in October and it is there that Union St-Gilloise plays its European matches even though its small Joseph-Marien stadium is not approved. Barely 10,000 spectators are expected but fortunately 850 people from Nice will brave the cold and the distance to come and encourage these Aiglons who no longer have a choice. Win to hope to see Europe again in the spring. “What is certain is that if we do not achieve a positive result it will be the end of our hopes in the European Cup,” confirms Franck Haise. “It’s a final to offer two more in 2025.“
Still thirteen absent from Nice…
Still deprived of victory after five days, two small points on the clock, the Gym is on the edge of the precipice but can still avoid falling. With three successes over the last three days, he would be certain to move into the Top 24. It is therefore a question of winning this first final to avoid traveling to Sweden in mid-January to simply go sightseeing. Faced with the Belgians deprived of their top scorer Promise (strangely not qualified), the Gym presents itself once again without an element. Returning to the group against Le Havre and returning last Saturday against Le Havre, Jérémie Boga did not make the trip. Hit in the thigh, the Ivorian is out again. Not a relapse since he was previously injured in his hamstrings. The good news is the return of Jonathan Clauss. The international full-back has finally recovered from his adductor injury and is therefore applying for a return to the XI. Even if at the club we want to play it safe and the former Lensois could start on the bench.
“We have thirteen players less. Jérémie Boga is injured in another place,” explains Franck Haise. “Clauss is good. He has good feelings. But starting him after two team training sessions and three weeks without playing is a bit premature. Like last weekend, we had eleven injured players. But we want to give ourselves the means to perform. Even if it’s a complicated period, I’m convinced that the players will do their best.“We could therefore find the same starting team as against Le Havre with Nandjou on the left and this diamond midfield which had given satisfaction.
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