Axel Divio, Media365, published on Sunday November 24, 2024 at 11:15 p.m.
Nice continues its great series of invincibility by overturning the match against Strasbourg this Sunday (2-1). The Gym takes 5th place in the ranking. A great preparation before hosting Rangers in the Europa League.
OGC Nice has taken the right train! Undefeated for eight games now in Ligue 1 (4 wins, 4 draws) – only Paris Saint-Germain is currently on a longer unbeaten streak (13 matches) – the Aiglons are back in the Top 5, just three lengths from third place occupied by Marseille Olympic.
Strasbourg surprises the Aiglons
And yet, everything was not simple for Franck Haise's players, who had chosen to exceptionally line up a 4-man defense. In the first period, Niçois lacking inspiration came up against a very well established Alsatian defense who only conceded one shot on target (out of 11 shots), signed Mohamed Ali Cho (13th). Worse, they were surprised by the only Alsatian strike of the first act… After Louchet lost the ball, Doukouré passed to Lemaréchal who slipped the ball to Bakwa whose shot ended flush with the left post of a helpless Bulka (0-1, 20th). Strasbourg was clinical! The most prominent, Evan Guessand remained frustrated with a header over the top (45th) and a lost duel in the area against Sarr, only to take a good cross back from Mohamed Ali Cho (40th).
The Nice Awakening
Returning from the locker room, OGC Nice shows a completely different face. And this development will quickly be rewarded on the scoreboard. Dominators, the Azuréens will equalize through the explosive Melvin Bard. Perfectly served in depth by Sofiane Diop, he calmly adjusts Petrovic (1-1, 55th). The pressure then remains intense on the Alsatian defense. A little too much for Abakar Sylla, already very close to a red card after losing the ball 20 meters earlier… On a fairly innocuous ball – a pass a little too deep from Diop for Guessand – Sylla rushes and scores against his camp by wishing to pass to his goalkeeper (2-1, 62nd). A stupid goal from which Liam Rosenior's players will never recover. Only Dilane Bakwa will give Nice fans a few chills, when Bombito deflected one of his shots (85th). Nice will have two golden opportunities to definitively make the break through Melvin Bard (92nd) then Gaëtan Laborde (93rd), but that was without counting on two great saves from Petrovic.
Before hosting Glasgow Rangers in the Europa League, then traveling to Olympique Lyonnais, OGC Nice confirmed its current good run (8 games without defeat), allowing it to enter the Top 5. For Strasbourg, it is a fourth defeat in five days and a tenth consecutive match without an away victorysanctioned by a passage in the second part of the table (11th). The red zone is only three points away as a trip to Brest looms on the 13th day of Ligue 1.
