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Jordan, how’s the ankle?
Jordan Lotomba: I’m slowly returning to the field. I already do some training parts with the team.
But it’s not enough for the second leg.
No, but it won’t be long now.
What is your analysis of the first leg?
My team needed time to get into the game. But once we gained confidence and scored the two goals, we controlled the game. Errors in the reporting then cost us the victory. But at home it becomes a different game.
Did Basel surprise you?
Not surprising, I have played against FCB too many times in my life. I know the philosophy and many players. This team should never be taken lightly. They can surprise you at any time.
The man of the hour is Zeki Amdouni. Who do you know very well…
Sure, he’s a good friend, a buddy. A strong player, good at finishing. Basel is lucky to have such a player in the team.
What do you think of him in his career?
It’s up to him to show what he’s got. I don’t know what that could lead to. But he is capable of great things.
What is the character of the current edition of Nice?
We’re a bunch of fighters. I am one too. It’s all the more frustrating to watch now. But technically and tactically we are a reasonably complete team that is capable of a lot.
And yet you are six games without a win in Ligue 1 and you have dropped to ninth place. What’s happening there? Except Lotomba is injured…
(laughs) We’ve had a long unbeaten run since Didier Digard became our new coach earlier this year. We have always shown very good things, even if we have not won lately.
Lucien Favre (65) will be released after the cup match against third division club Le Puy Foot on January 7. The return of the former successful coach (2016 to 2018), who had led Nice to third place, had not been well received. The start with only two points from four games failed. Nice has just eight wins in 26 competitive matches. If de Vauder has to leave, Nice is eleventh, twelve points behind a place in the European Cup. For Favre, who was accused of never having access to the young players, Didier Digard (36) is a very young coach – who will be surprised? Favre’s former assistant, who was previously a junior coach, remained undefeated for twelve games. With the last six games without a win, he is approaching Favre’s values in the table. However, his point average is much better: an excellent 1.71 compared to the measly 1.27 of French-speaking Switzerland.
What makes Digard better than Favre?
These are completely different profiles. Didier Digard is young, he was also a player. He understands us better, can approach the players better. He knows exactly what to say. That is especially true for me, since he was already there when I came here. He was then coach of the reserves and later assistant. So he always had one foot in the wardrobe. The feeling with him is completely different.
With ten points behind an international place in the championship, you probably only have the Conference League left to qualify for Europe. Therefore, as you can read in the French media, the importance of Thursday’s game is huge.
We are aware that if we go to the end here, we will also be European next season. We definitely want to stay there as long as possible.
If you look at Switzerland, it must be a fairytale time for you: your youth club Yverdon is about to be promoted. Also your first professional club Lausanne. And your last club YB will be champion soon.
Actually. YB doesn’t surprise me though. I also celebrated three championship titles there. After missing out on the championship last season, the Bernese are back on the throne. The fact that my training club Yverdon is so brilliant makes me very happy. Lausanne, on the other hand, is a different world than when I was there: a new stadium, new investors (Lausanne, like Nice, has been controlled by the British chemical giant Ineos since November 2017, ed.). But of course I am also happy with the success in Lausanne.
What’s it like to live in Nice?
Nice. But that’s not why I came here, I came here to advance the club and its project.
Nevertheless, you will certainly take a walk now and then and discover: here is a sea! Unlike in Lausanne or Bern.
I have to admit: I am really often at home. Silent in my cocoon. And when I card, it’s here…
I assume you are sure that Nice will throw FCB out.
I have every confidence that we will get the job done!
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Source : Blick
I’m Emma Jack, a news website author at 24 News Reporters. I have been in the industry for over five years and it has been an incredible journey so far. I specialize in sports reporting and am highly knowledgeable about the latest trends and developments in this field.
