(FILES) A file picture taken on September 29, 2012 shows Nice's head coach Claude Puel reacting during the French L1 football match Nice (OGCN) versus Bastia (SCB) at the Ray stadium in Nice, southeastern France. For the first time since 2009, OGC Nice football club will spend the 2012 Christmas and New Year Eve's celebrations safely among the French Ligue1 elite clubs, thanks to its coach Puel who, within few months, impelled a new footballing philosophy and instilled a new state of mind to his team. AFP PHOTO / VALERY HACHE