“Not another year without Europe: Get Moving!” read a banner unfurled by the OGC Nice fans ahead of Friday night’s match against Montpellier HSC. Without a win in the last five and having lost three of the last four, Le Gym seemed on the precipice of crisis. There was a simmering discontent, but that would then boil over following their latest failure.
Florent Ghisolfi came out in support of Francesco Farioli pre-match, however, the latter is failing to arrest the slide. Montpellier had won just one in their last eight in Ligue 1 as they headed to the Allianz Riviera, however, they quickly took the lead thanks to a Jean-Clair Todibo own-goal. Despite Jérémie Boga’s equaliser just seconds later, Téji Savanier’s penalty restored Les Héraults lead. Nice could not restore parity and succumbed to a 2-1 loss. It is their fourth in the last five games, with the sole point coming against rock-bottom Clermont Foot.
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