- The Nantes captain missed out on his match at Angers.
- In the spirit of Christian Gourcuff, he is no longer an indisputable holder.
- For Touré, the problem is not physical.
Abdoulaye Touré is not (yet) the captain of a drifting boat. On the one hand, because he does not always wear the armband. On the other hand because FC Nantes, although in deficit of results, does not cross, either, the greatest crisis of its history.
Still, Nantes has won only one of its last eight games. In this doldrums, Abdoulaye Touré does not pull out of the game. The child of Malakoff, incontrovertible holder during the last two seasons, does not necessarily have the coast with Christian Gourcuff. The midfielder is no longer an indisputable holder in the minds of the Nantes coach who has not recently aligned in his starting lineup in Dijon, Marseille and at home against Lille.
"Erase this negative period"
Saturday, in Angers, Abdoulaye Touré was titular, captain's armband with biceps. In Anjou, he disappointed, chaining losses of balls and bad choices, and confirming his misform of the moment.
“It happens to have worse periods. I live it very well. It is up to me to work, to raise the bar and to erase this negative period ”, he explained this Thursday afternoon at a press conference.
For him, the problem is not physical. "I don't feel tired". Pressure from the captaincy does not seem to have affected these performances either. “The cuff is just a piece of fabric, it doesn't mean much. "
More competition
This Saturday against Nîmes (8 p.m.), in an empty Beaujoire stadium, behind closed doors, Abdoulaye Touré could take his place on the bench. Christian Gourcuff does not seem to have yet found the right formula in the midfield. Between Medhi Abeid, Imran Louza and Abdoulaye Touré, his heart rocks.
Disrupted by the disappearance of his friend Emiliano Sala, an aborted transfer to England this summer and more competition than previously, the Nantes midfielder has not started this season in the best conditions. But at the time of concluding, he must find his best level and think, already, of the next season. Whether he will compete in Nantes or elsewhere ...
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