Mendy holder, Grandpa on the bench … the compositions
The composition of Nice:
Schmeichel–Ndayishimiye, Todibo, Dante–Mendy, Ramsey, Boudaoui, Thuram, Bard–Laborde, Moffi
Replacements:
Bulka, Rosario, Brahimi, Bryan, Pepe, Louchet, Nahounou, Bouanani, Belahyane, Amraoui
The composition of Basel:
Hitz–Lang, Nuhu, Pelmard–Ndoye, Diouf, Xhaka, Burger, Millar–Amdouni, Zeqiri
Replacements:
Salvi, De Mol, Augustin, Fink, Essiam, Males, Vogel, Kade, Calafiori, Novoa
The starting XI of FC Basel has fallen!
With Captain Xhaka in midfield. Classic in attack with the offensive duo Amdouni-Zeqiri. Only (Sergio) Lopez is missing. The Spaniard is suspended. He had been warned for an anti-game foul on Boudaoui in the first leg.
Nice with Grandpa to win a “game of chess”?
To curb the attacks of the Aiglons, the Swiss could form a low block tonight “but that would not be a great idea for them in my opinion, explained the Nice coach at a pre-match press conference. We have good attacking players and a large audience so they won’t want to suffer the whole game. It’s a strategy, a game of chess. Everyone will play with their pawns and ours are not bad”, concluded Didier Digard. And for good reason, Nicolas Pépé could be aligned in the starting XI of the OGCN this evening. In the infirmary during Nice’s last two games, the former Arsenal striker may be the pawn that will put Basel in check and mate.
Basel supporters parade in San Remo
Prohibited from traveling to Nice, FC Basel fans who made the trip had to turn around at Italian customs. A group of supporters decided to stay in Italy to follow the match. While waiting for kick-off, they marched through the streets of San Remo.
16 Basel buses turned around in Italy
The prefecture confirms with BFM Nice Côte d’Azur that 16 buses of Basel supporters arrived at the Italian border on Thursday. They waited for the Council of State’s decision and then turned around without incident.
A large gendarmerie system is currently deployed at the Turbie toll (the first toll in France when arriving from Italy). Swiss supporters have indicated that they are aware that many police officers are mobilized.
The Council of State confirms the travel ban for Basel supporters
The followers of the Swiss club Basel, supported by the association Football Supporters Europe (FSE), announced on Wednesday that they had filed an appeal before the Council of State against the ban on travel to Nice on Thursday in the quarter-final second leg of the Europa League. Conference. But the highest administrative court rejected this appeal and confirmed this travel ban, according to Nice-Matin.
“The available resources, which have already been tested, are not sufficient to secure the meeting”, argues in particular the Council of State, which also considers that the ministerial decree is justified by the risk of the presence “several hundred radical supporters”. . The order also mentions a “brawl between the supporters of the two clubs in Menton”.
The Nice season is played (almost) on this match
Weighed down in the league by its series of six games without a win and disturbed by the Galtier affair, OGC Nice can only bet on the Europa League Conference to find Europe next season. The quarter-final return against FC Basel, this Thursday evening, promises to be a double or quits match.
>>> we detail the sporting situation of Nice in our complete paper
“The Galtier affair is no longer a subject of discussion in the locker room”
This is what Didier Digard assured at a press conference, recalling that we must wait for justice to do its job on the file.
Hello everyone and welcome to our live Nice-FC Basel match.
It’s the big night for OGC Nice, which hosts FC Basel for their quarter-final second leg of the Europa League Conference. In the first leg, the two teams had finished with a spectacular 2-2 draw which therefore leaves the way wide open.
But Didier Digard’s men will have to be wary because the period is a bit complicated. The Niçois remain on a defeat in Brest (1-0) last weekend in Ligue 1. Before the first leg against the Swiss, they lost against PSG (2-0) despite a rather successful performance.
A match which had been the start of the Galtier affair, between the insulting banner of the ultras of Nice for the attention of the former coach of the Aiglons and the revelations of the following days concerning accusations of racism and Islamophobia towards the current PSG coach.
Nice-FC Basel, kick-off at 9 p.m. A match broadcast on TV on W9 and Canal+ Foot, to follow live in full on the radio on RMC and in this live text on RMC Sport.