Terem Moffi officially became the best possible ambassador for this Europa League Conference on Thursday, which is still struggling to excite the crowds, despite Olympique de Marseille’s semi-final in the competition last season. We were playing the additional time of the first period of this quarter-final first leg of the C4 in Basel when the Nice striker flew away on a cross from Gaëtan Laborde. With an incredible acrobatic return, he shot the Swiss goalkeeper Marwin Hitz and allowed the Aiglons to take the advantage (1-2, 45th + 1). If OGC Nice was joined in the second half (2-2, 71st), the Nigerian did not hide his pleasure after this gesture of anthology.
“It was a special goal, a special moment, savored at the microphone of Canal + the one who had also equalized eight minutes before this gesture of madness. I would never have imagined scoring such a goal. Honestly, I had no idea what I was doing. It’s not something you can prepare. I saw the ball coming and I tried. It may not be the goal of the year but the goal of the competition. »
“If I had had to pay for my place…”
Oh yes Terem, and how could it have been otherwise seen that inspires the former revelation of FC Lorient? “I saw Haaland do it last weekend [en Premier League contre Southampton] and I thought, “Why not?” “, he had fun. Yes why not ? “, this sentence that we have already repeated on a field when we saw an aerial balloon arrive, the talent less.
“Terem scores two fantastic goals, greeted his coach Didier Digard at a press conference. If I had to pay for my place, I would have gotten my money’s worth. “Wouldn’t the Allianz Riviera ticket office have exploded Thursday evening, in view of this return match of C4 against FC Basel, next week, which would almost make us salivate?