After the defeat of OGC Nice (4-1) against Glasgow Rangers on Thursday evening in the Europa League, Daniel Riolo refused to give in to the excuse of injured players to explain this new European poor performance. The RMC editorialist also believes that Franck Haise seems “already tired” of the Riviera club's project.
Nice is not moving forward in Europe. This Thursday, the Aiglons were beaten (4-1) at home by Glasgow Rangers, placing themselves in penultimate place in the Europa League standings after five days. After the game, coach Franck Haise highlighted the significant number of injuries in his squad while showing his confidence to see his team recover.
“When there are a lot of injured people, that means there is something wrong with the staff,” judges Riolo
Before kick-off, Nice had to deal with twelve injured players and Franck Haise lost Youssouf Ndayishimiye during the match (19th). “The story of the injured, I have always said that it was not an excuse,” said Daniel Riolo this Thursday evening during After Foot on RMC, returning to this new European debacle for Nice. “I refuse the idea of putting that forward to explain performances. When there are a lot of injuries, that means that there is something wrong with the staff. To say that a player is injured like an inevitability, it’s an error.”
The complete After Foot from Thursday November 28, 2024
Fifth in Ligue 1 after 12 days, Nice is only three points behind 24th place in the Europa League three days before the end of the league phase. But the Riviera club is not succeeding for the moment in C3. “Since the start of the season, I have had a problem: I have not been able to understand this team which is too often on alternating current, which is capable of great phases of play then completely missing out”, noted again Riolo.
“Haise is not very comfortable”
“If you don't correct everything that went wrong there, maybe Nice will qualify in Europe again this season but to do what? To do that again? There are problems that seem structural in this club and we will have to resolve them”, judged Riolo, who would not understand to see OGC Nice already ignoring a potential qualification for the Europa League play-offs. “The image that comes from the club is bad. All that counts in managing a club.”
Daniel Riolo also thinks that Franck Haise, who arrived at the club this summer after his successful adventure in Lens, is “already tired” of the OGC Nice project. “There is something that does not add up from the beginning,” said the editorialist. “I don’t find him very comfortable.” This Sunday, Nice will travel to Lyon for the rest of the championship with the ambition of moving forward. “We always got back up. Life, football, sport that's it, we have to get back up,” the technician philosophized after the slap received by the Rangers.
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