Zapping Foot National Interview – The underside of amateur Football, with Romain Molina
Like a sense of déjà vu. As regularly in recent seasons, it is a delicate 2024-2025 exercise which FC Nantes has gone through until now. If it had started perfectly with two victories and a draw, the Loire-Atlantique club clearly marked time thereafter, unable to win a single match since August 31. That is 9 consecutive matches during which Antoine Kombouaré's men have had a series of draws (3) and especially defeats (6). Including the latest against Le Havre, direct opponent for maintenance, this Sunday, November 24 (0-2). In the chaos of Beaujoire, Alban Lafont's teammates lost big, finding themselves behind with 10 points. Enough to tip into yet another sporting crisis at Jonelière.
“We will be held accountable at the end of the season”
“It's been going on for years. I'm in a good position to say it because I've been here for a while and the seasons are similar,” reacted the Nantes goalkeeper in the mixed zone after the match. With the Canaries since 2021, the 25-year-old goalkeeper, who calls for “focusing on simple things” and “finding a united group” to “win matches”, was also questioned about being fed up with the supporters. “When there are bad results in the clubs, the supporters are not happy. They expressed it in their own way,” noted Alban Lafont, targeted, like his partners, by a banner displayed in the stands and on which was inscribed “Welcome to Football Club Med de Nantes”.
“I don't think we're tourists, after all, I'm inside, replied the last rampart of Nantes. I know that everyone is giving 100%, is affected at the moment. (. ..) Everyone wants to do well (…) But what the supporters are saying at the moment is normal because there are bad results. will report at the end of the season.” It remains to be seen whether Antoine Kombouaré will still be in charge of the team at that time… “I don't think he is in danger, said Alban Lafont. In any case, he has the support of everyone. He also gives his all. He is a coach who brings a lot to everyone. The only thing he wants is to get out of this situation. , the chance to get us out of all this. And we're going to do it all together”, before the trip to Paris on Saturday evening (9 p.m.) and the boiling derby against Rennes (8/12).
To summarize
After the defeat against Le Havre this Sunday (0-2), Nantes goalkeeper Alban Lafont commented on the perilous situation in which FC Nantes finds itself.
