A new victory and three more points for the eaglets who continue to spread their wings to soar towards the peaks of Ligue 1. It remains to be seen what Marseille will do on Sunday night against Paris Saint Germain to determine if the eaglets will remain, albeit virtually, just a tiny point away from the Champions League.
It was Eysseric who ignited the first spark on the Nice side, but Agassa was well-positioned during the first Azurine incursion. Only a few minutes later, Bosetti infiltrated the Reims penalty area and was irregularly stopped in his progression by Tacalfred. An indisputable penalty transformed with an unstoppable counter-move by Eysseric (1-0).
A good start that could have been confirmed ten minutes later, but Bosetti’s chip did not find the frame of Agassa, who again had to work on the following corner with a nice header from Pejcinovic. OGC Nice dominated their subject against a very timid Reims team. A final Nice opportunity with a whirling Eysseric who bypassed the last defender to cross to Bosetti, but the young Nice attacker opened his foot too much and again saw his attempt well off Agassa’s frame, and both teams headed to the locker room with a more than logical advantage.
The second half began badly with Didier Digard’s exit due to injury, further filling an already crowded Nice infirmary. It was Luiz Bruins who replaced the prematurely exiting Nice captain, leaving his armband to Renato Civelli. A hard blow for the eaglets. First changes took place in each camp, and the first cards were also handed out, with a red card punishing Aissa Mandi after a forceful tackle on Pejcinovic. At eleven against ten, Claude Puel’s men continued to push, and it took another great Agassa to thwart a beautiful Nice action and a good shot by Bruins, who came on during the game.
Approaching the last quarter of an hour, Reims still could not trouble the red and black defense. And it ended up paying off for the Nice players after a good free kick taken by Bauthéac, who found Civelli unmistakably, whose crossed header fooled a powerless Agassa (2-0). Nothing to report in the following minutes, and thus, three new points fell into the pocket of an OGC Nice team that now needs to prepare for an unusual training camp next weekend in the cauldron of Saint-Etienne.
A new victory and inevitably new hopes for supporters who easily get used to speaking of Europe at a time when last year, relegation was still an issue. A dream for a public imagining itself attending European contests in the brand-new grand stadium that will be delivered for the next season.
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