We cannot be sure that FC Nantes would have offered a better face to Meinau last Sunday, where they logically lost (3-1). But the absence of Moses Simon necessarily weighed on the minimalist offensive performance of the Canaries in Strasbourg.
The week before the trip to Alsace, the Nigerian had been spared. Antoine Kombouaré did not want to take any risks after his attacker took a blow against Nice (1-1). “It’s a blow to the kneecap. He had a somewhat complicated week before Strasbourg”specifies Antoine Kombouaré.
Co-top scorer of the club (2 goals, like Matthis Abline, Johann Lepenant and Herba Guirassy), Moses Simon is back in the Nantes group. Ditto for Jean-Kévin Duverne who is applying for the reception of Olympique de Marseille, this Sunday (8:45 p.m.) at La Beaujoire. If he is satisfied with the return of Moses Simon, the Nantes technician deplores a major absence. Johann Lepenant (left calf) must give up. “He had an alert last week, a complicated week too, but on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, he had no problems. He played 7 minutes in Strasbourg. He may have hurt himself during the warm-up…” In Strasbourg, in the absence section, Fabien Centonze (knee) is out… Adel Mahamoud (knee) continues his rehabilitation.
