Evann Guessand is your Aiglon de Nice – Rennes (3-2), with 72% of the votes. A great start to the year 2025 for number 29 of the Gym, the great architect of the success acquired at the expense of the Bretons.
He wished a happy new year to all the people of Nice and the people of Nice returned it, roaring with pleasure at his goal (12′), his decisive pass for Laborde (45+5′), his shoulder shots, his accelerations, its squeak, its generosity. After recharging the batteries during the week off, Evann Guessand returned full of energy against Rennes. The Gym took advantage of it. Credited with an 8/10 in L’Équipe and Nice-Matin, the Ivorian international is once again the man of a great evening.
The stats in addition
- Evann Guessand scored his 7th goal this season in 16 Ligue 1 matches, as many as in his first 57 matches in the top flight with Nice (1 in 20 matches in 2020/21 and 6 in 34 matches last year). last). He also scored once in the Europa League this season.
- Evann Guessand is the top scorer (7 goals) and the best passer (4 assists) for Nice this season in Ligue 1. This is the second time in this 2024/25 financial year that he has scored at least one goal and delivered at least an assist after having already done it against Saint-Etienne, although this had only happened to him once before (with Nantes against Toulouse in August 2022).
The coach’s statement about Evann
Franck Haise spoke about his striker during his post-match press conference. Here are the words of the Gym coach to the media.
We saw a great Evann Guessand this evening…
In sequences, yes. We can always do more. Lots of players, including Evann, had a pretty good match. I will always be very demanding with players, even more with those who have great potential. He must be able to leave his mark on matches even more, even if I am happy with his performance. When you want to go to the very high level, you always have to work, invest… He has done very good things, but I know his potential. From there, I would probably always be a little dissatisfied with him (smile).
He still has a particular attacking profile, with his power, his speed, his size… His range is very complete, we saw it on the goal scored by Gaëtan Laborde, what do you think?
Yes, but there are still things to improve, in the quality of his first touch, in his defensive activity at times, or his reading of defensive situations. I’m here to get the best out of players. Obviously, I’m happy with what Evann has been doing since the start of the season. I don’t think he’s ever had a first six months at this level. There are reasons, he touches on certain things that are important to achieve milestones. But I’m here to keep others coming. And not just tell him: “everything you do is perfect”.
