On an action where everything went wrong with this much too strong back pass from Vanhoutte towards a Moris on his heels who lacked technical accuracy in his control but fortunately no success, the ball dying just next to it (3rd) .
In this match stuck between Halloween and Christmas, the Union navigated between the two holidays, as it has done somewhat since the start of the season. With an ability to scare himself born from his ability to offer gifts to his opponent while dragging his ineffectiveness not far from being chronic.
In this copiously dominated first period, Pocognoli’s men made the mistake of only scoring once, when Khalaili, with a bright opening, found Niang at the end of an action where Ivanovic was more effective than Fuseini, which is not very difficult (33rd).
They should have done it a second time by Boufal who did not manage to feint Bulka and his stature at Courtois while he succeeded in many other things (39th). And instead, Machida offered the Niçois the possibility of relaunching through excess ease: his pass intercepted by Diop made Guessand happier than Mac Allister (45th + 1).
Attentive, the Japanese almost offered with the complicity of Moris another gift to the people of Nice, but the doorman, with a reflex as splendid as his restart was calamitous, prevented Camara from unwrapping the package (57th). Which would have been very cruel for the Unionists who lacked accuracy in the last gesture but certainly not generosity. What’s in season. No ideas.
Almost everyone got involved, Machida and Burgess (67th), Boufal (69th), Ivanovic (70th), Rodriguez (88th) or Niang (89th). Before the deliverance comes from the Croatian, after a very accurate number from Ait El Hadj, scorer on the most complicated occasion to manage with this bouncing ball which ended up in the top corner of Bulka (90th + 1). As if to give a definitively offbeat side to this evening which ended with the sound of Let’s go to the beach. Which goes quite well with the Europa League.
