At the Allianz Riviera (Nice),

The Niçois remain undefeated this season but let slip the three points.

A little.

This Sunday at home against Monaco (2-2), in a derby played behind closed doors, Christophe Galtier's men failed to win after a sluggish first period and a missed penalty in the second.

So in the locker room, there was necessarily "frustration", conceded the coach of the Aiglons after the meeting.

A draw all the more difficult to concede as OGC Nice was still the only team in the five big European championships not to have conceded a goal this season.

"Two lost points"

“We had the match point. So yes, on the chronology of events, there is frustration and two points lost, ”responded Christophe Galtier at a press conference. Led 0-1 at half-time after the first 45 minutes of play spent "undergoing the organization, possession and tactics of [their] opponent", the Niçois reacted to the 51st thanks to the neo-Azuréen Andy Delort (1-1, 51st), returned following the injury of Kasper Dolberg, hit in the knee. The Aiglons even drove home the point in the 74th thanks to a Delort-Gouiri action materialized by Hicham Boudaoui (2-1).

But it was without counting on the penalty, validated by video refereeing assistance (VAR) and transformed by Wissam Ben Yedder (2-2, 76).

Four minutes later, Nice could have regained a head start and sealed this match played without an audience, due to the sanctions imposed by the LFP after the chaotic meeting against OM on August 22.

But Amine Gouiri missed his shot after another penalty, awarded to the Gym and contested by the Monegasque coach "a little skeptical".

“The referees came to see us at the start of the season to explain the new rules on the hand.

I have been playing football since the age of 8, and I must say that I do not understand much about it, ”said Niko Kovac.

"Lack of personality"

The point of the draw is still good to take because "Monaco could have won", relativizes Christophe Galtier, who regrets above all "a very average first period, sluggish" with a certain "lack of personality of the team ”from Nice.

But then why does this Gym tend to show two opposite performances in the same match?

The coach will have to find the key to fix it.

"After the break, the team had a different face, as was the case in Nantes last week", analyzed the coach.

Next test this Wednesday in Lorient.

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