Which team, OGC Nice or Lyon, will join Saint-Etienne, Troyes, Rennes, and Lille, who have already qualified for the quarter-finals of the Coupe de la Ligue by defeating Sochaux (0-3), Monaco (1-2), Arles-Avignon (1-0), and Toulouse (1-0 ap) respectively? Find out tonight at Stade du Ray!
Only a victory will be beautiful this evening, and the eaglets know what they need to do to hope to continue the adventure in a cup that leads to a European place, which the people of Nice cannot dream of in the league at the moment. Nemanja Pejcinovic, injured in the hand against Montpellier, and Lloyd Palun, suspended, are absent from the Nice squad put together by Claude Puel. Therefore, Kevin Gomis and Albert Rafetraniaina are taking their places on the match sheet. A solid group from which the Azur coach will have to derive the ideal eleven to counter the Lyon contingent, who came to Nice with the firm intention of continuing to compete on all fronts.
On the Niçois side, the defeat at Montpellier (3-1) was not easy to digest, especially with the style of play, but what better than a good performance in the Cup before hosting the bottom-of-the-table Nancy next Saturday at the Ray, for a match that will already be worth its weight in points for both teams, with Nice being only two small points away from the relegation zone.
An evening intended to be festive off the field, but one that everyone hopes will be festive at the end of the match. René Bocchi will kick off tonight (Born in Nice and a professional at his hometown club between 1975 and 1981) and will give way at halftime to a Zumba performed by neighboring CAL Gorbella. Likewise, children will be treated with a distribution of Halloween candies, while parents can sing Nissa la Bella with the flyers published by the club for the occasion.
In short, a beautiful festivity is on the horizon, with the backdrop of battles between the teams we hope to be the Gym’s future opponents: Montpellier-Bordeaux, Bastia-Auxerre, and finally PSG-Marseille.
