Patrick Vieira, OGC Nice coach -

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  • Patrick Vieira's Gym is currently 4th in Ligue 1.

  • At OGC Nice since 2018, the world champion has been announced several times "in the hot seat" last season.

  • “It has nothing to do with a Favre or a Puel, but the results are starting to come.

    And it's smart on the part of the club to have given him time, ”Judge José Cobos.

With a fourth place in the Ligue 1 championship (barely obscured by a complicated course in the Europa League), would the Vieira system finally gain weight on the Côte d'Azur?

The world champion, coach of OGC Nice since 2018, regularly announced "in the hot seat" last season, has enough to be able to live the current more serenely.

Never let go by President Jean-Pierre Rivière, according to whom he "was not in danger", Patrick Vieira is making his way.

His Gym, recently amputated by his captain Dante, operated on a knee, and passed by Slavia Prague on Thursday night (3-2), seems to have found a certain form of balance.

And, suddenly, him too.

"He uses the sides a lot more"

“We were a little skeptical about the choices he was able to make at the start of the season.

The system was not suited to its workforce.

Now he uses the sides a lot more and it works fine.

And then, he will have a great freedom of execution with guys like Schneiderlin, Lopes and Reine-Adélaïde now, ”judges ex-Aiglon Patrice Alberganti.

“A priori, her team has a bright future ahead of it.

She still has a big step forward in her playing skills, ”he still analyzes.

This is indeed the feeling that has prevailed in recent weeks.

The group is almost ready to do great things, says Patrick Vieira himself.

All that is missing is a certain awareness to show more success.

“We must continue to work, to progress and above all to believe in our collective strength.

We're still getting to know each other.

He explained recently after a match.

"It's smart of the club to have given him time"

When Patrick Vieira speaks of "collective strength", José Cobos, for his part, gauges the current Gym coach to his "quiet strength".

“It has nothing to do with a Favre or a Puel, slice the former player and assistant coach of Nice.

But the results are there.

They are beginning to arrive anyway.

There is more pressure today for OGC Nice, which is playing in the Europa League, than there was 7 or 8 years when the team played a bit of its maintenance.

And, despite this context, it's really smart of the club to have left time for Patrick Vieira.

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Sunday, it is a derby with Monaco, four places behind, which will await Patrick Vieira.

The opportunity to see if the mayonnaise still takes in the championship.

The opportunity also for the neo-Nice Rony Lopes, scorer during the victory of Nice in Angers last Sunday (3-0), to find his former team.

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