Nice, who had lost nine consecutive official matches, ended the year with a French Cup win over Saint-Étienne. In Ligue 1 Round 17, the team also tried to get out of a tough situation against Strasbourg and avoid dropping points. This was reported by euro-football.ru.reports.
In the 13th minute, the visitors opened the scoring from the penalty spot: Joaquin Panichelli converted from 11 meters, and the goalkeeper guessed the wrong way — 0:1. In the following moments, Nice came close to an equalizer: Jonathan Clauss set up a shot, and Tiago Govea hit the post. After a mistake by Valentin Barco, Morgan Sanson chipped the goalkeeper, but his effort went wide.
In the second half, the hosts finally had their say: after a pass from Melvin Barr, Elye Wahi made it 1:1. Soon after, Sanson and Wahi fired off dangerous shots in quick succession, but Strasbourg’s goalkeeper pushed the ball out for a corner to save his team.
After the draw, Strasbourg remain 7th in the standings, while Nice sit in 13th place.
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