Everything was going so well. The return of the locker room was presented under the best auspices for Nantes. By regaining the advantage in the score from the 48th minute (2-1) thanks to a superb header from Randal Kolo Muani, FC Nantes took the advantage against RC Strasbourg, in a very pleasant match to follow. Two minutes later, it was the turn of the referee, Clément Turpin, to tip the scales in favor of the Canaries. By wanting to strike, Ludovic Ajorque involuntarily tackles Fabio, who came back on the ball. The Strasbourg striker is sent off, and FC Nantes will play the entire 2nd half at 11 against 10.
A numerical superiority which is however not seen on the ground. After this red card, Antoine Kombouaré decides to change the game system, with an additional midfielder. But the Yellow and Green are too approximate in their attacks. Too timid, timid, Antoine Kombouaré’s players go so far as to let Strasbourg play the game. “We made a fantastic start to the 2nd half. We score and we find ourselves at 11 against 10. And there, we stopped playing. We do not defend well, like the goal that we concede, it is catastrophic, ”plague the Nantes coach.
“A lot of bitterness, even anger”
Because on the equalizer of Thomasson (former Nantes), the Strasbourg player takes advantage of a lack of marking to catapult the ball with his head into the goal of Lafont. “There is a lack of concentration on this second goal,” admits Jean-Charles Castelletto. “We had done the hard part. We say to ourselves that we are at home, that we are leading to the score. But we always moved back a little more, ”adds the Nantes defender, who speaks of“ two lost points ”this Sunday.
An impression of waste confirmed by Antoine Kombouaré, angry with his players. “I feel a lot of bitterness, even anger. We lost two points. »Drive the point home or secure the score at 2-1? This was the dilemma for FC Nantes, who finally fell asleep after leading in the score. “In this situation, you are between two chairs”, analyzes the coach of the FCN. “We had to go and score this 3rd goal. We are not fair in the last gesture. It’s a match you have to win. If you are hungry for victory, if you want to make up for the loss of last weekend, you drive the point home, you drive your opponent ”. In the meantime, FC Nantes remains in the first half of the table before the international break.
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