On the eve of the opening match of Ligue 1 matchday 8 at Brest, OGC Nice are still trying to get Mohamed Amoura and Elye Wahi to play together, with the pair lacking automatisms, according to Nice-Matin.
Stade Brestois and OGC Nice open Ligue 1 matchday 8, and Nice’s attention is fixed on the attacking front. Mohamed Amoura, the Algeria international, and Elye Wahi, the France-Côte d’Ivoire forward, are under the spotlight ahead of the trip to Brittany, Nice-Matin reports.
Elye Wahi’s return to scoring against Olympique Lyonnais was not enough to silence the questions. The lack of automatisms and technical understanding between the two forwards is concerning the Nice staff, according to the daily, which sums up the situation in one line: “They are trying to find each other more but they don’t understand each other.”
A partnership still under construction
The observation comes from Nice-Matin’s analysis, not from a statement by a player or a member of staff. It nevertheless raises the question of the output of a duo meant to carry the Nice attack, Wahi having been signed to add weight to the offensive line.
Wahi needs balls in behind, which the Algerian is precisely capable of opening up for him. The task now is to turn what Nice observers describe as a tendency to too often seek individual brilliance rather than complementarity.
Amoura’s pace as the detonator
Amoura has established himself as one of the most explosive players in the French league with his transition speed. He is also an undisputed starter with the Fennecs of Algeria in AFCON qualifying, according to AfricaFoot.
That international dimension fuels the expectation around the duo, at a time when the Gym want to string results together to stay in touch with the European places. Nice sit in the top third of the table before this matchday 8.
Brest as a dress rehearsal
The duel with Brest is not just another league match: according to Nice-Matin, it serves as a dress rehearsal before the Gym’s next European fixture.
The Nice staff must therefore find the formula to make Amoura and Wahi coexist, with their understanding still to be built. The opening match of matchday 8, at Brest, will be the first test of this duo.