Champions League (3rd preliminary round): OGC Nice without Hicham Boudaoui to try to achieve the feat and qualify at Benfica

OGC Nice will face Benfica without their best player from the first leg. With Hicham Boudaoui out, who is ill, and Morgan Sanson injured, the midfield double pivot will be significantly rejuvenated with Tom Louchet and Djibril Coulibaly. At 16, this young midfielder, who signed his first professional contract this summer, is in for a real baptism of fire.

For the rest, it is a weakened but unsurprising eleven that Franck Haise lines up, with a central hinge of Mendy, Bah, Oppong and an attacking trio of Bouanani, Moffi, Jansson.

Note that Melvin Bard is the captain, as Dante is out due to knee pain. As a reminder, pending departure, Rosario chose not to play in the match.

The eleven: Diouf - Mendy, Bah, Oppong - Clauss, Coulibaly, Louchet, Bard (c) - Bouanani, Moffi, Jansson