- FC Nantes was eliminated (3-4) in the 16th final of the Coupe de France by Lyon at La Beaujoire, Saturday evening.
- The Canaries conceded two goals in the first ten minutes and displayed an amazing defensive excitement.
- The FCN now has only the championship to play this season.
FC Nantes attack, but ... Three goals scored in the same match, it's a small event for the Canaries if we ignore the health walk (8-0) in late October against Paris FC. However, it was not enough Saturday night against Lyon (3-4) in the 16th final of the Coupe de France because the Nantes defense, guarantee of security since the start of the season, failed. Shattered in the first ten minutes by conceding two goals from the small Lyon phenomenon Cherki.
"Logically, when you score three times, you always have to win," said Belgian striker Renaud Emond, author of the first reduction of the gap and his first goal in yellow. I think we gave a little too many gifts to this Lyon team. "Nantes coach Christian Gourcuff can only notice without really finding an explanation for this defensive bankruptcy:" By defending like that, we could not win the match. At 0-2, we don't put ourselves in the best conditions. There has been too much defensive laxity. We take goals, we concede chances and a penalty. We could have taken 7 or 8 goals tonight. It's too much and it's new. And it is almost a little inexplicable when we see the solidity of the Nantes rearguard since the start of the season (3rd defense of L1) yet brought to regularly change faces according to injuries and suspensions.
Pallois is seriously missing?
Against Lyon, the laterals Appiah and especially Traore suffered a lot. Basila, who was responsible for making the injured Pallois forget, too. Girotto, often flawless since the start of the season, spent his evening being late in all areas. Pallois' absence from this meeting was cruelly felt. “With Nicolas [Pallois], there would have been another match, but that's how it is! Recognized Christian Gourcuff. The overall performance of the rear guard had to further reinforce Waldemar Kita in his desire to find a defender (lateral who could play in the axis?).
Meanwhile, Dennis Appiah is the only one to have put words on this defensive negligence. “Football is a sport of contact and commitment. We must already be respected in duels and then establish our game. This has been our strength so far. We may have forgotten a little at the start of the match. We have also had too many opportunities. We got pierced too easily. We cannot hide. It is not in our habits. This will have to be remedied. In the championship, we are not going to have to do this kind of thing because there we will not come back. "
Ligue 1, the only competition at stake for the FCN on 20 January
Moreover, eliminated from the two Cups, FC Nantes now has only Ligue 1 to prepare during its long weeks of training. "Now we know that we only have the championship," says Imran Louza. We must devote ourselves to it thoroughly. And it starts in eight days with the reception of Bordeaux with a defense probably still private from Pallois and Wagué.
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