The 36th day of Ligue 1 will be an opportunity for the Gym to face the recent winner of the French Cup, Toulouse, at 3:00 PM. Two teams that have little left to play for in the league this season.
Toulouse is already assured of maintaining their status, while the Aiglons are too far from the qualifying spots for the European cups. It’s still a matter of reassuring themselves after a complicated season, far from initial ambitions. Especially after a defeat last week against Strasbourg that put Nice back in doubt. “This group needs to be as well prepared as possible to start next season well, and the best way to do that is to finish well,” reminded the coach Didier Digard.
Since their final, TFC hasn’t been as dazzling, but Sofiane Diop prefers to remain cautious before the meeting: “They play beautiful football. It will be a very open match with two teams with different philosophies, but who are very playful. It will be up to us to be as clinical as possible; this might have been lacking for us this season.” This is a bit like the last match where, despite several chances in open play (9 shots) and from set pieces, the Gym couldn’t find the breakthrough.
First tensions with the supporters?
Another problem on the Azuréen side is the growing frustration among the supporters. The first act tomorrow involves the OGC Nice North Side supporters group, whose absence has been confirmed through a press release for the next two matches (Toulouse at home and Montpellier away). The reasons cited are the following: “Firstly, as many might suspect, the results of our dear club, after the humiliation experienced in the Conference League, our players no longer give anything on the field,” explains the supporters group. Another argument is “the club’s treatment towards our group,” highlight the club’s faithful, pointing out the “multiple and unwarranted searches […] the whims of some tourists whom we disturb during matches with our flags, and requests for meetings left pending multiple times.” The last point pertains to the players: “no acknowledgment from the players at the end of matches, we are insignificant to them, we are just returning the favor.”
Thus, this penultimate league match will kick off at 3:00 PM.
