The OGC Nice Post
Squad21 Sep 2037
Youssouf Ndayishimiye damages knee ligaments — 15 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 15 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
The terraces21 Sep 2037
The mood at OGC Nice has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Boardroom21 Sep 2037
The scrutiny sharpens at OGC Nice
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at OGC Nice is running low.
Match16 Sep 2037
Cup progress for OGC Nice
A 2‑0 win over Nimes, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Squad21 Sep 2037
Roger Lemoine breaks a bone — 89 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 89 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad21 Sep 2037
Yehvann Diouf keeps OGC Nice in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market21 Sep 2037
Przemysław Mizera is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at OGC Nice is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad21 Sep 2037
David Gil says OGC Nice went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Player ratings21 Sep 2037
A defender's afternoon for Ramy Benkhiat
Defensive actions: 22. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
In brief
- Match OGC Nice find a way past FC Metz
- Player ratings A defender's afternoon for Yoni Gomis
- Player ratings Siyabonga Mabena runs at them all day