Crushed by Glasgow Rangers and weakened by too many absences, Nice has sunk and remains stuck in 35th place out of 36. It will take a miracle to avoid being eliminated prematurely.
Miracles are for others. Nice remains stuck at the bottom of the Europa League table. Against the Scottish team Glasgow Rangers, the absence of too many Aiglons proved prohibitive. Because Nice is hit by a cascade of absentees for this match since in addition to the suspensions of Bombito and Diop, Franck Haise had to deplore the injuries of Dante, Clauss, Mendy, Sanson, Moffi or Orakpo. On his bench, the Nice coach had called up five youngsters who had never played a single minute of play in an official match…
At first, Nice thought they had obtained a penalty but the Var took charge of overturning the referee’s decision (7th). And then, the troubles will arrive in squadrons on the heads of the Nice. First with the premature exit due to injury of captain Youssouf Ndayishimiye (19th). As if there weren’t enough players on the flank already. Gradually, the Scots grew bolder and opened up a huge gap in the last ten minutes of the first half.
After a cross from Sterling on the right, the ball came back to Cerny, who took his chance. His shot was deflected twice and wrong-footed Bulka (0-1, 35th). Another cross from Sterling made the difference again three minutes later as he found Diomandé whose left-footed shot crucified Bulka (0-2, 38th).
Completely demotivated, the locals sank into nonsense. Abdelmonem didn’t press hard enough on a back pass to Bulka, which benefited Igamane (0-3, 45th + 3). After the break, the latter took advantage of another gift. This time, it was Rosario who lost a ball and then a duel at the edge of the area. And Igamane only has to open his foot (0-4, 54th).
In the stands of the Allianz Riviera, already sparsely filled, the spectators, disgusted, leave the stadium in handfuls. They will not see the direct free kick from Bouanani reducing the score at the end of the match (1-4, 83rd). Nice is 35th out of 36 teams in the Europa League. The rank of the bad ones. Its true place in this competition.
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