As Nice-Matin revealed in today’s edition, the brace secured by Mario Balotelli against Lokomotiv Moscow (2-3) allowed the Italian forward to become Nice’s top scorer this millennium. In one and a half seasons.

The record established by Dario Cvitanich (2012- Dec. 2014) lasted for just over 3 years. In scoring another brace against the men from Moscow on Thursday - his seventh for Le Gym - Super Mario took his tally to 38 goals, 2 more than the excellent Argentine. 

With an average of 0.69 goals per game since arriving on the Côte d'Azur, Super Mario now leads a top five made up of Alassane Plea (Niçois since 2014), Loïc Rémy (2008-10) and Bakari Koné (2005-08).

Aiglon of Nice - Moscow

Unsurprisingly, you decided to award the trophy for Aiglon of the match for Nice - Lokomotiv to your number 9 (58% of the vote). He finished ahead of Allan Saint-Maximin (32%) and Dante (5%).

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