A boss-size match, certainly one of the most successful of the season for FC Nantes. Against Brest on Friday evening, the Canaries logically won (2-0). A full servicewhether in defense with the captains Nicolas Pallois and Andrei Girotto, in midfield with the sentry Pedro Chirivella, but also in front with scorers at the rendezvous.
A double for Ludovic Blas
Symbol of a team full of confidence, Ludovic Blas had a full game on Friday evening at La Beaujoire. Two great goals in the 25th and 53rd minute of play, which the playmaker owes to no one but his raw talent. On the first, after a long clearing from Nicolas Pallois, the young 24-year-old finds himself alone against a Brest defender. Behind, his dribbling skills hit the mark, and the striker followed up with a low shot that took the opposite direction from the Breton goalkeeper, Gautier Larsonneur.
Ludovic Blas then continues at the start of the second half with a sumptuous strike, at the entrance to the penalty area. Different register, but same destination, the ball ends up in the top corner. Nantes took the opportunity to take the break. “I needed it, because I’ve been a little lacking in confidence in the last move lately“, says Ludovic Blas after the meeting. “This double, it will do me good“.
With ten goals in all competitions this season (seven in Ligue 1, three in the Coupe de France), the playmaker now overtakes his friend Randal Kolo Muani in the ranking of FC Nantes’ top scorers this season. A personal reward that should not overshadow the rest, the most important for Ludovic Blas. “It makes us especially happy to chain the matches, we have a good group, everyone brings something more to the team“.
Two more competitions to play
After the beautiful Coupe de France parenthesis, which is not yet completely closed, place in the championship, where FC Nantes is also in a good position. The Canaries are for now ninth in Ligue 1, three points behind fourth, Strasbourg. The Alsatians who are also the next opponents of the men of Antoine Kombouaré. The people of Nantes travel to La Meinau on Sunday February 6, with one objective in mind: to confirm the good form of the moment.