Go Ahead Eagles 1, Nice 3

NICE, France (Interstat) — Nice opened its Europa League campaign with a commanding 3-1 victory over Dutch side Go Ahead Eagles on Thursday at Allianz Riviera, overcoming an early deficit with a dominant second-half performance. The visitors from the Netherlands, making a rare appearance in European group stage play, stunned the home crowd in the 10th minute. Charles Vanhoutte found the net to give Go Ahead Eagles an early lead against the favored French side. Nice, projected by Interstat’s ELO system with an 86.90 percent probability to win, struggled to break down a disciplined Eagles defense for much of the… Read more...