It’s a dark evening like the Canaries have rarely experienced this season. Coming to Aube with the ambition to grab a place and continue an incredible dynamic, FC Nantes fell from a very high point this Saturday evening. Manhandled by a very compact Trojan block, Alban Lafont’s partners folded on one of the only opponent actions before the break (1-0 in the 42nd). Mostly, they lost three defenders, all out through injuryincluding Nicolas Pallois and Andrei Girotto. Black-Friday.
The Yellows can’t do it away in 2022
After having already dropped points in Metz, two weekends earlier, the proteges of Antoine Kombouaré sank against the sixteenth in Ligue 1 who had so far won only two small meetings in his lair. None since the arrival on the bench of Bruno Irles. “We weren’t good, we couldn’t worry this teamdeplores the playmaker, Ludovic Blas. Losing happens, but it’s losing like that that bothers me the most. It pisses me off to show that face from Nantes on a Saturday night.” That of a team that still can’t do it outside.
We could have played until tomorrow without scoring.
With just one small shot on target, the Yellows could not have hoped for much better. “Our first half is missed, we must not be afraid of wordsadmits Antoine Kombouaré. Opposite, there were starvation but we then accelerated and we largely dominated.“Without really worrying the Trojan doorman, however.”We could have played until tomorrow that we would not have scored“, loose the captain, Alban Lafont. “Maybe we need to play more uninhibited, like what we do at La Beaujoire”, completes Samuel Moutoussamy, holder. A refrain for four meetings, to be corrected as soon as possible. “It may also be the backlash after what we have been throughtries the Nantes coach. You can’t win every game either. And if it is necessary to choose, I prefer without hesitation that we win them all at La Beaujoire. Without hesitation.”
Defense in the infirmary, the big black spot of the evening
Headaches are likely to be numerous in the coming days for the Kanak. Already deprived of Fabio, the technician of the Yellow House lost Sébastien Corchia, hit in the ankle during the last training before taking the plane to Troyes. And the list has grown considerably, this Saturday evening. On a harmless defensive action where the referee was not quick enough to signal striker Iké Ugbo offside, Nicolas Pallois and Andrei Girotto collided when clearing the ball. The first suffers from a ligament sprain in the knee, the second received a big blow on the foot. Entering the game in place of the ex-Niortais, Charles Traoré could not go to the end of this match either, victim of what seems to be a sprained knee
There are players who will be able to reveal themselves.
“It’s the big downside because losing happens, but when, in addition, you leave with three injuries, it’s complicated“, breathes Samuel Moutoussamy. “This kind of thing makes us relativize the defeat, tonight“, continues Ludovic Blas. Because the possibilities are few for FC Nantes in these positions, evidenced by the repositioning of Moutoussamy in the central hinge, during the second period. “I trust the grouppositive Alban Lafont. I’m sure there are players who will be able to reveal themselves.“A necessity for the Yellows who may have to do without Nicolas Pallois for several weeks. The big tile.