FC Nantes went to get the draw on the lawn of Saint Etienne and could have hoped for better (1-1), during this 23rd day of League 1. Find the summary of our special correspondent.
From Nantes station, all you had to do was follow the railway line to see the extent of the phenomenon. The Loire is overflowing. The trip to the department of the same name was thus an invitation to raise the level… The challenge was not insurmountable but the Yellows took it up with clear ideas and a higher mindset. They even left Forez frustrated, with the legitimate feeling of having given up two points in the race to maintain, even if the return of Hamouma after the break weighed on the face of a badly embarked meeting for the Greens. “Before, we didn’t create so many chances. We should have killed the match ”, ruminated Ludovic Blas, lucid and inspired last night in the warmth of the Cauldron.
“Frustration with the result”
We can not blame Raymond Domenech for not having tried to awaken a collective until then amorphous. Relegable at kick-off, the successor of Christian Gourcuff revived Fabio in defense, raised Corchia up a notch, offered his first tenure to Chirivella and placed his trust in Blas in his preferential axial position, even if the ex Guingampais did not hesitate to sow confusion in the corridors. With the hope of revitalizing an ensemble which responded straight away with coordinated pressing and more scathing races, as if the Yellow and Green had suddenly freed themselves from a weight too heavy to bear. Randal Kolo Muani’s goal (36e), at the conclusion of a perfectly oiled movement, would also have deserved a little brother but the dive of the Nantes striker in the wake lacked conviction (41e).
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But we still wonder how Andrei Girotto’s partners managed not to return to the locker room with a lighter mind. Except on a Camara head (33e), Lafont had donned the costume of spectator. But neither Kolo Muani before the lemons, nor Simon (47e) on the cross of Moulin did not allow to thicken the margin available to the Canaries on an opponent lacking inspiration and even broken down in the first period. “There is satisfaction with the content and frustration with the result. In offensive animation, we managed to create things “, analyzed Raymond Domenech. The comeback of Hamouma rebalanced the debates, but it was Camara, forgotten at the far post, who set the record straight, on a set piece (57e). Greens and Yellow could have forced the decision but the Canaries collected the minimum union after having sown diligently. FC Nantes have not won for 14 matches, current series. But in the content, the eight-time champion of France (17e) got back on track.
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