The step was too high for Nice.
Swept in the first leg (2-6), Patrick Vieira's men had to win by four goals against Bayer Leverkusen not to be mathematically out of the competition.
With 4 defeats in 5 games, they were eliminated without glory from the Europa League.
The future of Patrick Vieira darkens a little more.
🖤❤ Finished 🖤❤
3 more points for the Werkself đź’Ş
Group C winner will be decided next week at the BayArena when we host Slavia Praha, And most importantly: WE ARE QUALIFIED! # OGCNB04 |
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- Bayer Leverkusen 🖤🇫🇷❤ (@ bayer04france) December 3, 2020
What you must remember
Atomized on the first leg (2-6), the Aiglons were doomed to the feat.
Timorous, clumsy, the 11th in Ligue 1 suffered from the start of the match the law of the 3rd in the Bundesliga.
Logically, the German club opened the scoring by Moussa Diaby, the former PSG player, on a subtle volley (0-1, 22nd).
Nice lifted his head immediately by Hassane Kamara (1-1, 26th) but was again surprised by Dragovic (1-2, 32nd).
Nice must try things, and luck is involved when Hradecky, the Finnish goalkeeper releases the ball in the feet of Dan Ndoye (2-2, 47th).
Except that Nice does not have the worst defense in Group C for nothing.
On a corner, Baumgartlinger deceives Benitez (51st).
In five matches, this is the 6th time that the Aiglons have conceded a goal from a set piece (44% in all competitions).
The player: Walter Benitez
Without him, the score of the first leg could have been cut.
The Argentine goalkeeper from Nice was decisive on several occasions (30th, 59th, 62nd, 66th, 89th).
The only positive point in a more than fragile defense.
The number: 15
That is the number of goals conceded by OGC Nice in five Europa League matches.
This is as much as in Ligue 1… in 11 games.
The Riviera club has gone through its European meeting.
