After the heavy setback suffered in the Coupe de France final on Saturday (1-5), the Canaries lost to Brest (2-0) on Wednesday in a late match counting for the 33rd day of Ligue 1.
From shattered dreams to harsh reality. Four days after the slap received in the Coupe de France final against Toulouse (1-5), FC Nantes once again sank, Wednesday, May 3, on the lawn of one of its direct competitors for maintenance, the Stade Brest (2-0). Before the match, Antoine Kombouaré described this match as “crucial, not to say capital”. The content of the message sent by the Nantes coach was obviously not well understood by the Canaries.
Eric Roy’s men, now unbeaten in the last six days of Ligue 1 (3 wins, 3 draws), take advantage of this success to move up to 14th place in the championship and thus get out of the red zone, at the expense of FC Nantes , new first relegation from Ligue 1.
Alban Lafont, symbol of the Nantes rout
As if the five goals conceded at the Stade de France were not enough, Alban Lafont again played the wrong role on the Brest lawn. From the start of the game, on a long deep pass which nevertheless seemed innocuous, the young 24-year-old goalkeeper tried to clear his camp… and failed to touch the leather. I’elusive Jérémy Le Douaron, involved in 4 of Stade Brest’s last 5 goals (3 goals, 1 assist), took advantage of this gross error to open the scoring (18th).
“The problem is that it falls on a different player every weekend. There is a feverishness that wins us over, we feel it”, regretted Antoine Kombouaré at the end of the meeting. Alban Lafont, not greatly helped by a desperate defense in the first act, then saw the ball slip into his net for the second time, on a cross header from Mathias Pereira Lage (35th).
Upon returning from the locker room, the Canaries showed a completely different face. But in the Brest goal, Marco Bizot held the barracks throughout the game (5 saves), allowing Stade Brestois to chain a third match in Ligue 1 without conceding a goal. This is the longest series of the Breton club in the competition for nearly 13 years (8 games, from August 28, 2010 to October 30, 2010).
For his part, Antoine Kombouaré has a 10th unsuccessful meeting on the Nantes bench in Ligue 1 (4 draws, 6 losses). Relegation five days from the end of the championship, the weather is stormy above the Canaries. Be careful not to burn your wings completely.