• The final of the Coupe de France, this Saturday evening at the Stade de France, will see OGC Nice and FC Nantes compete.

  • The result is uncertain as the dynamic has changed lately for the Gym.

  • And this match, at this precise moment, could fall badly.

This Saturday evening, Nice will play a unique opportunity.

The club, which has not won anything since the 1997 Coupe de France, is in the final.

And if, on paper, based solely on the Ligue 1 classification, the Azureans (5th) have the advantage over FC Nantes (9th), whom they have already beaten on the outward and return legs this season, the outcome is uncertain.

For the Gym, the dynamic has changed lately.

And this match at the Stade de France, at this precise moment, could go wrong.

The resounding victory of Nice in the quarter, against Marseille (4-1) in February, indeed seems a long way off.

For several weeks, the Gym players have been in trouble.

The last victories, without panache, against Bordeaux and Troyes, do not erase the other defeats and even some slaps, against Lens in particular, in April.

"A bit of tension"

“Strangely, there has been a kind of loss of confidence and efficiency since their qualification, analyzes former Aiglon Patrice Alberganti.

We feel a little tension on the ground.

But I'm not too worried.

This Coupe de France final is the match they are waiting for to let go completely.

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"Stronger" than the Canaries, according to their coach Antoine Kombouaré, the Niçois will at least be galvanized by the height of the challenge.

And could therefore release their best game?

That's what all supporters hope for.

The expectation is high to see Nice lift the trophy.

And “we want to give them this happiness and this pride”, assures Captain Dante.

Roger Ricort also wants to believe it.

Even if, today, given the context, between Nantes and Nice, there is “not really a favorite”, slices the former player and director of development of OGC Nice.

“For a while, we thought that the Aiglons could even finish second in the championship.

But there, they just resist without being flamboyant.

They are in a bit of pain,” he said.

“It will take an extra soul”

Facing Nantes, it will be “not the time to try to invent something”, decided Christophe Galtier.

According to the Aiglons coach, “it will take an extra soul but they must remain themselves”.

In the meantime, he is “optimistic”.

“I feel my group, for twenty days, much better.

On the physical aspect, apart from the long-term injuries, Alexis Claude-Maurice and Youcef Atal, for whom I have a strong thought, I have all of my players available, "he said. also explained.

The coach has already indicated that it is his number 2 goalkeeper, the Polish Marcin Bulka, who will be in the cages.

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