Ineos-owned club must pick up the pieces as hundreds of supporters hit and spit on players after sixth straight loss
By Get French Football News
Football is often lauded for its capacity to bring people together but in Nice, it has also laid bare its capacity to tear a city apart.
It’s a Sunday night, and the Nice players and staff have just landed back in the Côte d’Azur after another defeat, their sixth in a row in all competitions. It wasn’t just the loss but the manner of it, and who it came against. “We lost at Lorient, a team that should be relegated. We’re rubbish, we know it,” said a visibly-emotional Sofiane Diop as the midfielder pleaded with the travelling fans after the 3-1 loss on 30 November.
It wouldn’t be the Nice players’ only hostile interaction of the night. As they pulled in front of their training ground, they were greeted by approximately 400 fans, who made their displeasure at the ongoing situation known. Three individuals in particular were targeted: Terem Moffi, Jérémie Boga, and Florian Maurice.
