Marie Mahé, Media365: published on Sunday November 10, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.
Still ahead in the 85th minute of play against Lens (2-1), the Nantais were finally overthrown (3-2). The disappointment was obviously immense on Antoine Kombouaré's side.
The people of Nantes can blame themselves. This Saturday evening, as part of the eleventh day of Ligue 1, FC Nantes lost on the Lens pitch (3-2). However, in the 85th minute of play, the Canaries still led 2-1. The Sang et Or then turned everything around, in just four minutes of play, thanks to two goals scored by Nigerian midfielders Hamzat Ojediran (86th) and French midfielder Adrien Thomasson (90th). On arrival, Nantes, which certainly thought it would finally be able to return to victory in the championship, for the first time since August 31, continued with a third defeat in a row, an eighth unsuccessful meeting (three draws, five defeats). The disappointment was inevitably immense in the camp of the visitors, who provisionally occupy fourteenth place in the ranking.
Kombouaré: “It’s infuriating”
Passing through the traditional post-match press conference, Antoine Kombouaré, the Nantes coach, analyzed this meeting, in comments reported by AFP: “The third goal is a gift, a gag goal It's annoying, there is a lot of disappointment in the locker room We had a coherent match where we were rarely in difficulty with a team which hung on, which fought, but that didn't happen. not enough yet.” The play-off, Saint-Etienne, sixteenth, has the same number of points as Nantes (10), while the first relegation, Le Havre, is only one unit behind. However, the 60-year-old technician has no intention of giving up: “There is no room for those who lament their fate. We will see how we can stay together, to work, while putting moods aside.” Now, it's time for the international break. Antoine Kombouaré's men will be back in two weeks, on Sunday November 24 at 5:00 p.m., against Le Havre, a club which is also playing for maintenance this season.
