Franck Haise, the Nice coach, shows lucidity on the current limits of his team, whose course in the Champions League ended prematurely.
The OGC Nice will not compete in the Champions League this season. Eliminated by Benfica (0-2, 0-2) this Tuesday at the 3ᵉ preliminary round of the competition, the Riviera club is donated to the Europa League.
For the gym coach, Franck Haise, the Aiglons simply could not afford to compete with the Águias. The Norman technician has recognized that the current level of his team does not yet allow him to claim the C1.
“We don't have weapons”
“Today, we don't have the weapons, quite simply, to compete at this level, you just have to be lucid. It's just lucidity, we don't have weapons to compete, we did the maximum, even if in the first period we started well and we could have gone further ”he analyzed.
“We don't have the weapons to play the Champions League, so we will focus on both Ligue 1 and on the Europa League. We have a revenge to take on this Europa League, we must already demonstrate that we have a better level than last year in this competition ”Haise added in front of the media.
A sad assessment that lengthens
As a reminder, during the last edition of the LDC (2024-25), Nice had finished the league phase at 35ᵉ place, not collecting 3 small points in 8 games. And with this new failure against Benfica, the resident of Ligue 1 now displays a very dark assessment of 12 consecutive defeats on the European scene.
