Nice, the only French club still in contention in Europe has the opportunity to continue its European journey. To achieve this, the Aiglons will have to maintain their lead over Sheriff Tiraspol in the return match this Thursday, March 16 on the sidelines of the knockout stages of the Europa League Conference.
The only French survivor in Europe, OGC Nice, was declared winner of the first leg in Moldova 1-0 against Sheriff Tiraspol. The Aiglons will be able to this evening, if successful, join the final eight of the Europa League Conference. And Jean-Clair Todibo, one of the Gym’s in-form men, thinks he can give the fans a fun game. “Compared to the first leg, we will have a better ground on which we will be able to express ourselves much better”. Because indeed, this OGC Nice has been very attractive since the arrival of Didier Digard who still hasn’t lost. The Niçois could nevertheless be disturbed by the absence of their coach on the bench because the latter does not have the Pro UEFA or collective license necessary in the eyes of the European authorities to practice in the mixed zone. He will however be in the stands and it is Julien Sablé, his assistant who will enlist for 90 minutes or more, this role.
Among the other posters, La Gantoise largely won the double confrontation against Basaksehir (5-2). This is the first team qualified for the quarter-finals. The other matches will take place tonight with Lazio who were upset last week at home. In the Netherlands against AZ Alkmaar, the Romans will have a lot to do like Larnaca who will try to surprise West Ham. Lech Poznan reassured themselves in the first leg by winning 2-0 against Djugardens. The other, tighter matches are still quite uncertain.
Seven teams have yet to validate their ticket for the quarter-finals of the Europa League Conference and thus join the La Gantoise club which qualified on Wednesday March 15.
The results of the first leg of the round of 16 of the Europa League Conference are in and Nice are saving the image of the French Championship in Europe with their 1-0 victory over the Sheriff.
Canal Foot owns the majority of the rights to this competition. The only French team still in Europe, W9 will broadcast the match between Nice and Sheriff Tiraspol.
The group stage of the Europa League Football Conference is played from Thursday 8 September 2022 to Thursday 3 November 2022 while the knockout stage will be played from Thursday 16 February 2023 to Thursday 18 May 2023. As for the final, it is scheduled for June 7, 2023 at the Eden Arena in Prague (Czech Republic). The schedule was then compiled by UEFA as follows:
As last season, UEFA has awarded the French TV rights for the 2022/2023 Europa League Conference to RMC Sport, M6 and Canal which will ensure broadcasting until the end of the 2023/2024 season. Canal will co-broadcast with M6 each Thursday’s poster and RMC Sport offers all the remaining matches. M6 will broadcast the final scheduled for June 7, 2023 in clear. During the 2024-2027 period, Canal bought the broadcasting rights.
The Europa League Conference 2021-2022 is the new European competition launched by UEFA and therefore the third international competition for European clubs after the Champions League and the Europa League. Its first edition was launched for the 2021-2022 season. It groups European teams according to their results in the league or in the national cup. The winner of the Europa League Conference qualifies for the Europa League the following year.
184 teams play in the competition over the whole season, with at least one from each of UEFA’s 55 member associations and 46 from the UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League according to the UEFA website. ‘. The group stage consists of:
A group stage (eight groups of four) is therefore organized before a knockout stage (round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final). The eight group winners qualify for the round of 16. A play-off is played between the eight runners-up and the teams that finish third in their UEFA Europa League group.
