The Europeans' duel turned in favor of Nice. Franck Haise's players, who will host Twente on Thursday in the Europa League, pulled off a nice coup by winning in Brest (0-1) this Saturday during the 10th day of Ligue 1. The Brestois lost, before their trip to Sparta Prague on Wednesday in the Champions League.
If each team had its half, the Aiglons managed to materialize their strong hold in the first period, unlike Brest during the second act.
The first half was therefore almost entirely to the advantage of Nice, who completely stifled the Brestois. Marco Bizot had to make two big saves on attempts by Jérémie Boga (18th, 20th). If Nice opened the scoring with a nice breakthrough from Ali Abdi followed by a back cross for Mohamed-Ali Cho, the goal was refused by the VAR for an offside by Evann Guessand (38th). But Abdi, the Tunisian international who played for a long time in L2 (Paris FC and Caen between 2019-2024) is untenable on his left side. His center back is taken by Guessand (0-1, 43rd). This time, no discussion. This is the 6th goal this season in L1 for Guessand and the 2nd assist for Abdi.
But the balance of power was completely reversed in the second half. Nice never shot on goal and Brest multiplied the big chances But when it wasn't Marcin Bulka who was decisive like on this header from Ludovic Ajorque (48th), this strike from Jordan Amavi (55th) or this cross from Kenny Lala badly pushed back (75th), it was the post which saved the Niçois on a big strike from Pierre Lees-Melou (51st).
After its success against Monaco (2-1) last Sunday, Nice, attractive then hardworking, offers itself a second prestigious victory. Brest, for its part, displayed a lot of energy and certainly deserved better.
“We confirm our performance last weekend,” said match scorer Evann Guessand on DAZN. In the second half, Brest took us by the throat a bit. They pushed, but we didn't give up and we knew how to be solid. Taking three points is deserved given our efforts. Now, we are going to look ahead to the Europa League. We have certainly fallen behind but it is not over, we have to believe it. »
“We missed out in the first half, we had a lot of trouble with their system,” admits Brest central defender Julien Le Cardinal. But we were able to rectify things. We had some great opportunities. We would have deserved to come back to the score. There is a bitter taste after this defeat, it's infuriating. »
