This Wednesday, OGC Nice officially started its 2025-2026 football season. At home, Franck Haise’s training received Benfica during the 3rd preliminary round of the Champions League with the ambition of making a big match to dream of a C1 dam in the coming weeks. For this first leg, once again, Nice was outclassed and logically bowed 2-0. A new chaotic evening that has almost nothing to do with the hopes of qualification. Because the face displayed by the French Riviera club, especially in the second period, had something to worry about.
“I think they are stronger than us. We knew it before and at the end of the match, I think we are forced to see that we almost gave the best that we could do. In these moments, you have to be very effective. By scoring our opportunity at the start of the second half at 0-0, it can obviously change the situation. But throughout the match, we feel that we, doing a lot, is struggling to create a lot of frank opportunities. And they feel that it’s simpler. We are not in the same category. We knew it before, we tried to shake them up, but at the end of the match, we know that we are not in the same category “explained Franck Haise at a press conference after the meeting.
Nice is in a hassle
The observation is striking. And Nice remains on a disastrous series in the European Cup. The French club simply has simply won any of its last 11 games in Europe (defeat VS Benfica, draw vs Bodo/Glimt, defeat vs Elfsborg, defeat vs union SG, defeat vs rangers, draw vs twent, defeat vs ferencvaros, vs lazio rome, vs real sociedad game, vs fc bale). This Wednesday evening, in addition to a new defeat on Wednesday, Nice also lost big with the injuries of his community Morgan Sanson and his defender Dante.
A new massacre to manage for Nice, which already has more than 6 injured on this start of the season since during the preparation, Mohamed-Ali Cho, Ali Abdi, Moïse Bombito and Sofiane Diop experienced injuries or operations. A huge blow that also highlights the fairly delicate transfer window for the club for several weeks which is struggling to strengthen its offensive sector despite the wish to recruit in attack. With the departures of Laborde and Guessand, the club is in a hassle in this position and that was felt against Benfica. There is already an emergency in Nice …
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