L1: Montpellier and Der Zakarian send Nantes to play-offs

For his farewell to Montpellier, Michel Der Zakarian also recalled the good memories of Nantes, beaten 2-1 at the end of a breathtaking evening on Sunday during the 38th day of Ligue 1.

Antoine Kombouaré’s men, who remained on four consecutive victories, failed to get rid of their barrage suit when they had their destiny in hand.

The Canaries will have to fight Thursday and Sunday against Toulouse to try to snatch the maintenance. And President Waldemar Kita’s position is increasingly fragile.

At the end of Sunday afternoon, more than a thousand supporters dressed in a yellow t-shirt with the message “Rendez-vous FC Nantes” took part in a funeral procession for “FC Kita”.

The Montpellier, who made a guard of honor to their emotional coach at the end of the match, were anything but on vacation.

Admittedly, the Nantes people did not have time to doubt after Laborde opened the scoring and scored his 15th goal by being the quickest to regain a penalty from Delort, beautifully repelled by Lafont (0-1, 30th).

The inevitable Kolo Muani, completely alone at the far post, following a cross from Appiah extended with the head by Coulibaly, took away a beautiful thorn in their foot by shooting poor Bertaud (1-1, 33rd) .

But the troops of Michel Der Zakarian played the game, like the center-shooting of Chotard (15th) who had touched the top of the crossbar of Lafont.

And Nantes failed to score the 2nd goal which would have sheltered him, while the opportunities were not lacking: a curled shot from Louza (63rd), a slalom from Blas repulsed by Bertaud, interim de luxe (67th), a miss from Coulibaly (68th).

Kolo Muani did not do everything well, such as when he found himself too far forward to take a cross from Appiah (51st) at close range or when Bertaud dived into his feet (55th), but he was featured in virtually all good shots.

Then Kombouaré brought in players with a defensive vocation, perhaps believing that the draw was enough for the maintenance. And Nantes was surprised by a flat foot from Delort (2-1, 76th).

The Canaries believed that history would repeat itself when the referee designated the penalty spot for a foul by Le Tallec on Coco (78th). But after checking the video, it was Coco who was warned for simulation.

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