Unfortunately, the weeks follow each other and look alike for Nîmes Olympique away from home. The Nîmes lost again, this time against the leader Sochalien. In the last 4 games lost consecutively outside Costières, Nîmes conceded 11 goals, far too many to hope to bring back points. Nîmes Olympique also conceded 3 goals each time in the last 3 trips. Nicolas Usaï, the NO coach can only see the damage after this setback against FC Sochaux Montbéliard: “Too much naivety, too many mistakes to hope to do anything against a team that is brilliant in attack. We have the chance to lead and then we concede three goals where we show naivety. It’s infuriating! It’s difficult, especially on the defensive side. You have to go into the duels with more commitment and show tactical intelligence. Take 2 goals from throw-ins, that had already been the case in Valenciennes (loss 3-2, September 2), so it’s very infuriating. It’s worrying because we conceded a lot of goals, even if we manage to create chances, we absolutely have to stop this bleeding away. We stay on 3 games where we conceded 3 goals each time. We have to find some solidity, that shouldn’t stop us from playing, but we’re not looking at the problem the right way.”
Nîmes, for the first time, relegated this season
Nîmes has taken less than one point on average since the start of the championship (8 points in 9 games), the Crocos find themselves 17th, therefore in the red zone. As a reminder, the last 4 this season will go down to National next June.
No game next weekend due to international break
For the next Ligue 2 match, Nîmes will host Paris FC. Nîmes Olympique-Paris FC, match of the 10th day to follow live in full on France Bleu Gard Lozère. Kick-off on October 1 at 7 p.m. The pre-game will start at 6:45 p.m.