Axel Allag, Media365, published on Friday November 29, 2024 at 8:27 a.m.
In the eyes of Franck Haise, the correction suffered by OGC Nice against Glasgow Rangers (1-4) is largely explained by the many injuries in its squad.
OGC Nice has still not taken off in Europe and now ranks 35th (out of 36) which is difficult to see. Thursday evening, nothing went in the right direction for a Riviera club which had many absentees, whether for injuries or suspensions (Jonathan Clauss, Terem Moffi, Morgan Sanson, Dante or even Sofiane Diop in particular) and Franck Haise could only observe the damage. “The first analysis is that 12 players less and a thirteenth after a quarter of an hour (Ndayishimiye), it’s far too many for us, far too many to lead two competitions.”
A step “too high”, but Haise “doesn’t want to give up”
According to him, Nice was not helped by its situation, but also did not know how to do anything to make the meeting easier. “We have to admit that the step was too high today (Thursday, editor's note). In addition, we offered goals. When you offer so many things, making important mistakes, in the end it's too difficult.” Also indicating that some of his players, like Melvin Bard replaced at half-time, were not able to play 90 minutes, the technician drew up a lucid observation on his first 5 months in Nice. “We don't have the capacity to string together high-performance matches every three days. The injured, 13 players less… These are not good times to live through.”
Hoping to see “beautiful European evenings in Nice”, he wanted to believe in a happier sequel despite the penultimate place of Aiglons with a disastrous record (3 defeats and 2 draws in 5 matches). “I know that the next match against Union Saint-Gilloise will be a final. We hope that there will be others behind and that we will play our luck to the fullest. So, yes, we have two points, and you're going to say, 'he's a nice coach…' we're not going to give up.” 24th place, last qualifier for the play-offs, at 3 points, being occupied by Union Saint-Gilloise.
