“They were ridiculous”, the huge fiasco of OGC Nice, already eliminated from the Europa League

Beaten by the Swedes of Elfsborg on Thursday during the 7th day of the Europa League, OGC Nice is officially eliminated. A bitter failure for the Aiglons who exited the European Cup through the very back door, with two points and without any victory.

So there will be no miracle. The European adventure of OGC Nice is over. Already. If the Aiglons still had a tiny chance of entering the top 24 of this new version of C3, the Franck Haise team did not take it. Worse, it was once again disillusioned in Sweden where Nice lost 1-0 against Elfsborg, a team which had no official match in 2025… The final match against the Norwegians of Bodo/Glimt will count as butter for the Azuréens but you have to believe that they already had their minds elsewhere and said goodbye to the Europa League. Franck Haise rotated his squad before the clash against OM at the Allianz Riviera on Sunday in Ligue 1. However, it was a bitter failure for the Gym.

The club owned by INEOS and which is in the top 5 of the championship (5th) wanted to be ambitious on the European scene. The results are unforgiving. OGC Nice was not even able to win once in the Europa League. “For me the Niçois were ridiculous and gave a bad image,” whispered the 98 world champion Lionel Charbonnier on RMC. It's not just coaching for Marseille, there's also coaching to get UEFA points, to sell the L1 abroad… There you play the 7th in the Swedish championship who hasn't played for two months …”

Avoid last place

With two draws and five defeats in six matches, the Niçois completely missed their European campaign in 2024. The reasons are multiple. First a lack of international culture during the opening of the competition, at home against Real Sociedad (1-1), where Franck Haise's team had the means to win.

Then, the collective involvement was sometimes disastrous, as in Budapest against Ferencvaros (0-1). Finally, the numerous injuries at the heart of the autumn did not allow us to see the best version of the Aiglons, notably against Twente (2-2) and the Glasgow Rangers (1-4), but also in Brussels against the Union Saint-Gilloise (1-2), mid-December, where they, moreover, showed supreme naivety in the last seconds of the match while they held the draw. The copy was not much better this Thursday against Elfsborg. For the Aiglons, it will now be necessary to avoid last place. A question of honor.