OGC Nice is in the Coupe de France final after its victory in the semi-final against Strasbourg on Wednesday (2-0), but Claude Puel remains cold as ice. “I am happy for my players. I let them enjoy. Tomorrow, we take back the collar because the priority remains the championship. We have climbed a step in the Cup, there are others to climb in the championship,” Puel said after the victory.
Arriving as a firefighter on duty in December to save what could be saved in the Nice season, the former OL and Losc coach is in his role. In firefighter on duty, there is “firefighter”. And the firefighter doesn’t like fires.
Fifteenth in Ligue 1 with 29 points, the Aiglons are only four points ahead of play-off Auxerre. They have four games left to maintain their position.
Nice and Lens will play each other in Ligue 1 before the final
The schedule being what it is, Nice will face Lens in ten days in Ligue 1 before meeting the 2nd in the championship in the Coupe de France final at the Stade de France, on Friday May 22. “We have time to think about it. But the best way to have a good final is to keep up beforehand,” added the coach, keen to see “in what mental and physical conditions” his players will present themselves in Marseille on Sunday. There is always a fire for the firefighter to put out.
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