After a disappointing weekend in terms of results, the people of Nantes enter a week of all dangers in the Europa League. Overwhelmed by Monaco with a score of 4-1, the Canaries will have to try to create a new company on the European scene against Freiburg. If this lineup is only rarely mentioned among the competition orcs, its recent results demonstrate just how great the challenge is for Antoine Kombouaré’s men.
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Against Olympiakos at the beginning of the season, Nantes had to work, counting on the unfailing support of his audience at the Beaujoire stadium to ignite the end of the match. After the heavy defeat against Monaco this weekend, these memories now seem distant and analysis has taken precedence over emotion.
In a press conference, Antoine Kombouaré’s words were harsh at the end of the meeting, and the manager did not hesitate to target the attitude of his players : “It is clear that we have never entered the game, I told the players: it is the first time for me that I feel this. To take two goals in seven minutes… I try to dig, to search, but I don’t see. It must be the first time. I hope it will be the last. We can concede goals from the start of the game … but what I didn’t understand is that there was no revolt, no reaction because we conceded the second goal after seven minutes of play, the game lasted seven minutes. “
A not very reassuring form
While Nantes drag their feet on this return from the international break, Freiburg continues the momentum in the Bundesliga, and this would have something to worry Antoine Kombouaré’s troops. 2nd in the German league after winning against Mainz this weekend, he has chained an eighth match without defeat in all competitions. In front of Bayern Munich and at the top of the table tied with Union Berlin, Freiburg are also leaders of their group in the Europa League after winning the first two games against Olympiakos and Qarabag.
The Germans, scoring five goals, and who have so far only conceded one result in the competition, they are renowned above all for their iron defense. Current best defense in Germany, Freiburg struggled for the same status at the end of last season. In many ways, the balance of power appears unbalanced for Nantes residents who will have to show a completely different face than the one released this weekend.
