Nice smashes Saint-Etienne in a historic evening

This is a match that will remain in the history of OGC Nice. This Friday, as part of the 5th day of Ligue 1, the Niçois faced Saint-Etienne for a very special match. That of the 120 years of the history of the club created in 1904. It was therefore necessary to mark the occasion for Nice in front of its supporters at Allianz Riviera. For that, coach Franck Haise decided to bet on an attacking team with Moukoko, Guessand and Ali-Cho while Ndombélé continued as a starter. For its part, after a very complicated start to the season, Saint-Etienne had shown better against Lille last weekend. But the evening was completely chaotic for the Greens. And the least we can say is that Nice took advantage of it.

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It only took 4 short minutes to see the first goal of the match. On a good cross from Jonathan Clauss, the unfortunate Saint-Etienne defender Dylan Batubinsika deflected the ball into his own goal and beat Larsonneur. The first goal conceded by the former Valenciennes goalkeeper. The first of a very, very long series. In the process, after missed defensive placements, ASSE conceded another goal. This time, it was Ndombélé who lit up the goal, alone a few meters from the goal (2-0, 8th). Stunned, Olivier Dall’Oglio’s team sank little by little and Nice took advantage. In very good form, Mohamed Ali-Cho, after a nice number, placed an unstoppable curl (3-0, 24th).

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The people of Nice enjoy their completely crazy evening

6 goals in 39 minutes!

Two minutes later, on a new lightning counterattack, Nice pierced the Greens’ defense. Yunis Abdelhamid, in great pain, seemed to be on the street. And the latest recruit, Youssoufa Moukoko, left his goal, his first in his new colors (4-0, 26th). Enough to ignite his team who continued to roll out to offer themselves a historic match. Under water, the Greens’ coach Olivier Dall’Oglio made 3 changes at the half-hour mark. But on the next action, Evann Guessand mystified Abdelhamid for the 5-0 goal (36th). The last one? Still not. Three short minutes later, Youssoufa Moukoko offered himself a double to confirm the humiliation of the day (6-0, 39th).

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Gym went into the locker room with a 6-goal lead, something never seen before in the history of Ligue 1 in the 21st century. In the second half, Saint-Etienne came back with the idea of ​​not taking any more. And Nice didn’t force it either to drive the nail in despite a crowd that was pushing for an even better evening. But at the end of the match, Sofiane Diop and then Pablo Rosario found the back of the net (8-0, final score). Nice therefore won by a wide margin and moved up to 6th place in the provisional ranking. After the 5th matchday, Saint-Etienne is 16th with a goal difference of -14. And that could count for the rest.