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Sports - French Cup: Nice Reach Final After Victory at Strasbourg
Elye Wahi scored twice as Nice stayed compact and efficient, while Strasbourg missed a chance to reach its first French Cup final in 44 years.
- On Wednesday, Nice secured a 2–0 victory over Strasbourg in the French Cup semi-final, booking a place in the final against Lens on May 22.
- Elye Wahi made the difference for Nice, scoring shortly after the break and converting a penalty eight minutes from time, overcoming Strasbourg's early dominance at La Meinau.
- Strasbourg defender Andrew Omobamidele started for Gary O'Neill's side, playing until the 65th minute; despite the defeat, he told French media, "This loss won't define our season."
- Nice will return to the Stade de France on 22 May, seeking redemption four years after losing their previous final to Nantes .
- Strasbourg, currently sitting 8th in Ligue 1, remains the only Irish-represented club in European competition and now faces Rayo Vallecano for a UEFA Conference League final spot.
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Sports - French Cup: Nice reach final after victory at Strasbourg
Nice secured a 2–0 win away at Strasbourg in the French Cup semi-final and will face Lens in the final. Elye Wahi made the difference with a brace. Initially dominated by a Strasbourg side sitting 8th in Ligue 1, Nice, 15th, remained defensively solid and clinically efficient in attack. They will return to the Stade de France on 22 May, four years after losing their previous final to Nantes (1–0).
DECRYPTAGE - Find out what caught the attention of the Figaro editor after the victory of the Nice OGC this Wednesday evening in the semifinals of the Coupe de France in Strasbourg (0-2).
The Azureans managed to eliminate Strasbourg in the semifinals of the Coupe de France and will face Lens on 22 May at the Stade de France. Elye Wahi offered a double to the Meinau.
Nice assured today the presence in the final of the French Cup of football, by defeating this Wednesday in the mid-final Strasbourg by 2-0, in play played in the field of the defeated team. By the end it had already determined, on Tuesday, the Lens, which won Toulouse by 4-1, in the other game of the 'meias'. Today's game, in the stadium of La Meinau and arbitrated by François Letexier, had territorial ascendant of the team of the house in almos…
The vice-president of the OGC Nice Maurice Cohen presented himself in the mixed zone after the heroic qualification of the Aiglons for the final of the Coupe de France at the expense of Strasbourg. Of course, the leader was nevertheless already turned towards the travel to Marseille Sunday and the mission to maintain.
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