The game: 0-0
In this battle of the invincibles, Nice and Reims neutralized each other on Saturday followingnoon (0-0) during the 24th day of Ligue 1. The two formations continue their impressive series of matches without defeat in the Championship, but stagnate in their race to Europe. Nice remains in 7th provisional place, Reims in 10th place. Top scorer in Ligue 1 with 15 goals, Folarin Balogun missed a decisive penalty (53rd).
Deprived of Munetsi, hit in the psoas, Reims lost the battle in the middle and suffered the initiatives of Nice. Fortunately for the Champenois, the Aiglons were too rough in the last gesture, like Moffi (3rd), Dante (10th) or Thuram (16th). Impressive solidity in recent weeks, Todibo has invited himself to the series of soaring strikes, alone at 13 meters on the reception of a center from Ramsey (22nd) then free of any marking at the entrance to the surface on a center de Laborde (29th), countered in extremis in stride (34th). Technically more accurate, the Rémois fought back at the end of the first act, without endangering Schmeichel.
Upon returning from the locker room, Still’s men finally unleashed themselves and Balogun showed up. Narrowly countered by Dante (47th), the Englishman showed mischief to obtain a penalty, on a naive fault by Todibo. But he missed the point to deceive the Nice goalkeeper (53rd), who started on the right side. At the end of the game, Ito missed the winning goal (88th), sought by Cadjus (68th) and Lopy (84th). Reims continues its series of sixteen matches without defeat in Ligue 1.
13
Thanks to an intractable defense in its area, Reims snagged its 13th draw of the season in Ligue 1, the highest total among the five major European championships.
The player: Boudaoui, aesthete of coal
The days go by, the questions dissipate. Only one remains. What does Hicham Boudaoui not know how to do in the field? Aligned as a sentinel in the middle of three Nice, Boudaoui filled the free spaces left by his torchbearers, stalkers (almost) full time. His multiple horizontal runs were impressive in intelligence and intensity. With the ball, the Algerian regaled, between well-felt rakes and sharp races to break the Reims line. A little less prominent in the second half, like his partners.
