Daniel Riolo, editorialist for After Foot on RMC, highlights the performance of Nice, beaten at Elfsborg (1-0), Thursday in the Europa League and already eliminated from the competition where the Aiglons are in penultimate place.
Nice's defeat at Elfsborg (1-0) on Thursday in the Europa League did not go down well with Daniel Riolo. The After Foot editorialist was surprised at the Aiglons' lack of interest in the European Cup this season with only two draws in seven games and a penultimate place in the standings synonymous with elimination. Thursday, Franck Haise's men fell on the field of a team only seventh in its championship and which had not played for more than a month.
“If they don't want to play it…”
“From the start of the competition, when they took a beating against Rangers (1-4) you understood – in the declarations – that they didn’t care about the European Cup,” says Daniel Riolo. “In addition, it is a team in the race for the first four places, which shows the monumental gap that Nice is making for us this year.”
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-“If they don't want to play it, you can always say that it's a catastrophic result, that it's not a good image for French football because, while the others are fighting to score points (at “UEFA index) which are useful to everyone, you arrive by despising the European Cup and cobbling together a team”, continues Daniel Riolo. “But even with an A prime team, Nice must show a better face than that. It is truly a shame for French football that a team like that loses to such an opponent.”
The editorialist concludes by recalling that this point of view matters little to the club, focused on its shock against OM on Sunday (8:45 p.m.) at the end of the 19th day of Ligue 1. “It's a private company, they make what they want,” he says. “If they want to be there on Sunday, what do they care about what we say?”
