” My absence on the bench is necessarily a handicap“. This is how Coach Antonetti commented on his 7-game suspension this Friday after his altercation with a northern leader during the last Lille-Metz.
While FC Metz deemed this decision disproportionate and severe, the Messin coach did not want to add fuel to the fire, even if Fred Antonetti does not carry in his heart, the leaders of French football .
The decisions of the Disciplinary Committee only reinforce my opinion of the authorities of French football. Enough said and let’s move on!
Maïga forfeit against the Canaries
For the reception of FC Nantes, this Sunday, the garnet staff will be deprived of its Ivorian midfielder Habib Maigawho was injured in training this week in Frescaty.
Absent also the defenders Fabien Centonze, Matthieu Udol, Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik and Lenny Lacroix, who are in the infirmary.
The midfield Boubacar Traore is suspended.
Good news, on the other hand, concerning Nicolas de Préville. The Messin striker, absent since early January, is finally operational.
FC Nantes, from hell to paradise
Abused last season and finally maintained after the play-offs against Toulouse, FC Nantes, under the leadership of their coach Antoine Kombouaré, and without major recruits during the last two transfer windows, have had a more than honorable season.
The canaries already total 11 wins and five draws against only 9 defeats. They are also in the semi-finals of the Coupe de France, against Monaco, next week and they have just beaten the stars of PSG, 3 to 1. Coach Antonetti also mentions “a very generous team “!