FC Nantes cannot do it. He conceded another defeat against OM (1-2), despite an exciting end to the match and clear chances. The Canaries missed key moments, showing a new deficit of realism. The same observations, in an even more urgent situation. After the revolt of the poorly ranked and the victory of all its direct competitors, the FCN is only one point ahead of the red zone and the first relegation. Antoine Kombouaré called for “stay calm”.
What feeling after this new defeat?
This is the second half of regrets. We have the opportunities to come back. There was room and situations to equalize.
This is a situation that is repeated at FC Nantes. You're never far away, but you're always missing something.
It's annoying. We have the feeling of competing. We ran a lot, they had control, but we knew how to stay together, solid and compact. They have rarely been dangerous. With four shots on target, they were hyper-realistic. We have the feeling of having an interesting match, but we are not effective in the penalty areas, like the first goal. There are six players in the box and them two. They didn't need a lot of situations. I liked the reaction of my team, with a great collective goal.
The accounting situation remains worrying with the victories of your direct competitors
When we lose, we fall. You have to stay calm and focus on what you know how to do. We must come back airtight and solid. We must remain confident in what we can do to shift the dynamic to the right side.
“We would have accepted defeat more easily
if we had been completely dominated”
Is there a feeling of despondency?
We would have more easily accepted defeat with another scenario, if we had been completely dominated. There is disappointment, but we have experienced players.
You chose to maintain Tino Kadewere and release Matthis Abline. What was the game plan?
There are mainly four of them, with Hojbjerg at the bottom. We wanted Tino to block it and take advantage of Mostafa's presence up front to direct the ball into the lanes. Overall, we didn't do too badly. I had maintained four offensive players to take the spaces that would be available to us in recovery. We developed our game, but in high-level football, you have to score. We don't have this ability to kill the match.
