By defeating Constantine on their home ground (3-1), OGC Nice regained some confidence. The start of the championship is approaching, and Claude Puel must now mobilize all his key players. Against Saint-Étienne this evening, the Gym’s general manager has chosen to call up a balanced squad.
Victorious against Constantine last weekend (3-1), OGC Nice has revived its preparations. It bodes well before facing AS Saint-Étienne this afternoon in Albertville (Savoie), starting at 6:30 PM.
A team that finished seventh in the last season, which Nice manager Claude Puel takes seriously. He has assembled a group of 20 players that should closely resemble the squad that will start the championship on August 11th against Ajaccio at 9 PM.
Some young players, like Lloyd Palun and Alexy Bosetti, are present, as well as experienced ones like Fabrice Abriel, Renato Civelli, and Didier Digard. For their fifth friendly match, the Nice team will be keen to increase their confidence levels.
To do so, it involves a victory against Christophe Galtier’s Saint-Étienne, weakened notably by the absence of their star striker, the Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Olympics).
The Nice squad against Saint-Étienne: Delle, Ospina – Civelli, Coulibaly, Fofana, Genevois, Gomis, Kolodziejczak, Monzon, Pejcinovic – Abriel, Anin, Bauthéac, Dao Castellana, Digard, Palun, Mah. Traoré – Bosetti, Dja Dje-Dje, Guie-Guie.
