Les Aiglons avoided Villarreal as their opponent in the draw which took place in Switzerland on Tuesday.
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Posted on 02/08/2022 14:46
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The road to Europe is becoming clearer for the people of Nice. At the end of the draw, which took place on Tuesday August 2 in Nyon in Switzerland, OGC Nice inherited, in the play-offs of the Europa League conference, the winner of the match in the 3rd preliminary round between Maccabi Tel- Aviv and Aris Thessaloniki. Lucien Favre’s players will have to travel to Israel or Greece on August 18 before hosting their opponent at the Allianz Riviera on August 25.
The Niçois can breathe after this draw. Not being seeded in hat 2 in which they were placed, the Aiglons could have found themselves facing Spanish club Villarreal, semi-finalists in the Champions League last year.
#UECL : L’#OGCNice will face the winner of Maccabi Tel Aviv – Aris Salonika in Conference League play-offs.
Return match on August 25 at#AllianzRiviera. pic.twitter.com/FaQuldgk3T
— OGC Nice (@ogcnice) August 2, 2022
If they win this double confrontation, the Niçois will qualify for the group stage of the Europa League conference, where they will be joined by the teams from the Europa League play-offs.
Fifth in the championship last season, OGC Nice, which has just registered the arrival of two recruits (including Welsh international Aaron Ramsey), could therefore return to European competitions for the first time since 2020. The Red and Blacks will have to wait until August 11 and the end of the third preliminary round to find out who from Maccabi Tel Aviv and or Aris Thessaloniki they will face. A duel within their reach.
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