The weeks go by and look the same for FC Nantes. Beaten last week at La Beaujoire by OGC Nice (1-2), the Canaries could not do better this Sunday afternoon in Ille-et-Vilaine. In this 80th derby between Nantes and Rennais, it was the club coached by Bruno Génésio that made the difference when they returned from the locker room thanks to a wonderful goal from Martin Terrier. Without imagination, the Canaries have never reacted and rush towards Ligue 2.
A second 100% Rennes period
After a first act engaged in the duels but balanced in terms of chances, Stade Rennais logically gained the upper hand in the second half. But it was with a flash of genius that the situation settled down in favor of the Red and Black. Found on the left side of Alban Lafont’s penalty area, the former Lille resident Martin Terrier took a peek before cocking a delicious one-touch strike. He found the skylight of an Alban Lafont admiring the Rennes gesture but totally powerless on his line (1-0 in the 52nd).
We weren’t victorious in the second half but it’s not for lack of saying at half time that we have to keep moving forward.
Coherent in the first half, FC Nantes gradually fell apart. He was never able to be proud and then never showed the face of a formation struggling for survival. Until an attempt by Randal Kolo Muani at the end of additional time which came to touch the right amount of Alfred Gomis. Without success (1-0 at the 90th + 3). If the neo-captain of the Yellows said to himself “frustrated at not bringing back a point“, his team did not deserve better.”The second half was poor and I’m sad and disappointed“, sweeps aside Antoine Kombouaré.
“We may have lacked courage”
Touched when sitting behind the desk in the press conference room, Antoine Kombouaré was clear about the state of his troops. “We were not conquerors in the second half but it is not for lack of saying at half time that we must continue to advance, loose the 57-year-old Kanak. We lacked enthusiasm, offensive going and perhaps also courage.” Without any success at Roazhon Park for more than seven years – September 29, 2013 – FC Nantes has a fourteenth setback of the season and sees seventeenth place become almost unattainable.
“The most important thing now is to raise your head, confines himself to saying Alban Lafont. When you play hold, it’s not easy to ignore the situation but that’s what I asked my teammates […] Morale’s been hit for a while. “And he may take another hit with the reception of Lyon, next weekend, and high-risk trips to Strasbourg and Brest. However, Antoine Kombouaré ensures that his band is not resigned. “I think we can still do it“Says Raymond Domenech’s successor. But time is running out and there are only six games left to stop what is becoming more and more inevitable.
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