If you had said, on the evening of January 29, after a Nice victory at home against Lille (1-0), to Billal Brahimi that he was going to score a goal at the Vélodrome, he would surely have thought of the trip from Troyes to Marseille on 16 april. A little over a week ago, the midfielder could not imagine finishing the season in Nice. The day of January 30 was already planned for the Algerian international (22 years old, 4 caps), who had to leave the club to join Estac on loan without an option to buy.
A program put together before Nicolas Pépé’s injury in training, on the eve of this match against Lille. Before the Nice leaders finally decide to retain the former Angevin. Faced with Pépé’s knee injury and the uncertainty surrounding his absence, the Nice management preferred to keep Brahimi until the end of the season.
Remained on the bench in Lens (Nice 1-0 victory) on Wednesday, he entered Sunday evening in the 66th minute and scored Nice’s third goal with a curled shot, to validate the victory against OM (3-1 ). Enough to confirm the change of mind of its management before the end of the transfer window. Brahimi, at the forefront in the locker room to celebrate after the match, will ask for even more.
