The defeat conceded by FC Nantes against OGC Nice last Sunday (1-2) resulted in some tension in the locker room. According to information from 20 Minutes, Antoine Kombouaré, the coach of the team, and Nicolas Pallois, part of the group, clung to a kick given in a bag and words spoken by the coach. Abdoulaye Touré would have even separated the two men. This Friday, before the Sunday derby in Rennes (1 p.m.), Kombouaré appeared in front of the press and notably addressed this episode.
Nantes want to bring back a result, Rennes will have to focus
“Tensions, if you call it tensions yes, but hey, that’s the life of a locker room. We’re now 19th, so there’s a lot of frustration and disappointment, and from time to time that. .. And I like me, I call it a group that lives, that’s it, and it’s good that from time to time the tone rises, that it rubs a little more than usual. It’s the life of a band, but fortunately that means that they are not happy, there are things that are finally coming out, that’s good, good news “, he explained. Since its surprise success at the Parc des Princes on March 14 (1-2), Nantes has not won in Ligue 1, but the coach is hoping for a wake-up call against Rennes, seventh. “The group is ready to deliver a great match in this derby against Rennes, it will take strong acts with a positive result. Rennes will be ahead of us at the end of the season, but on a match, I like that the idea that anything is possible, so we intend to go there to cause them problems and bring back a result. “
In the opposite camp, Bruno Genesio did not want to focus on the classification of the Canaries. The former OL coach hopes his players will be able to concentrate. “In the derby, you have to disregard the standings. It would be a serious mistake to think that the match will be a formality. It will be a tough, contested match. (…) I expect a lot of vigilance and concentration from the part of my group to avoid any relaxation that could be detrimental to us. “
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