Renaud Emond, just after his equalizer.

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  • FC Nantes, yet led 2-0, managed to draw (2-2) this Sunday against Saint-Etienne, at La Beaujoire.

  • Christian Gourcuff believes he has attended the "best match in Nantes" since he is on the bench of the Canaries.

Nicolas Pallois liked the "state of mind".

Christian Gourcuff, "the mental capacities to never let go".

Against Saint-Etienne, the Canaries reversed a situation very badly embarked, this Sunday afternoon, at Beaujoire.

Weighed down by a very premature opening of the scoring (2nd) - as in Monaco (2-1 defeat) - then by a strike from elsewhere from Mason (66th), FC Nantes tore off in the last twenty minutes to take a point (2-2).

There was nothing to suggest at 2-0 in favor of the Greens that Christian Gourcuff's men could afford a crazy money-time.

The FCN had finally known only disappointments in this match.

Disappointments due in particular to sometimes questionable and often contentious arbitration decisions.

"I do not prefer to talk about that otherwise we need half an hour ...", simply dropped the Nantes coach Christian Gourcuff.

The FCN not sufficiently respected by the referees?

Two actions crystallized the Nantes bitterness: a lot of frustration for the Blas-Kolodziejczak contact in the area (15th), less for Fabio's offside just before the goal of Kolo Muani (44th).

The air of nothing, Nicolas Pallois nevertheless balanced that Nantes was undoubtedly not respected or in any case not really refereed like other formations by referring to the litigious action on Blas: For certain teams, the VAR intervention (video arbitration) is too much requested.

For Nantes, not enough.

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In the meantime, Nantes has never lowered its head in this meeting and showed an unsuspected character.

Certainly, the Canaries were able to take advantage of the obvious lack of freshness of the Greens, who had a third meeting in one week and two in three days (0-2 victory in Marseille).

But, Gourcuff saw this Sunday "a very good match".

“In terms of the game, it was very interesting.

"And the Breton technician even surprised his entire audience:" It is perhaps the best performance since I've been there, in the organization, in the mastery, in the will to play, in the pressing, well coordinated.

Afterwards, as we play like that, we can regret the lack of efficiency.

[…] The big regret is more the first goal that penalizes us right away.

This passivity is a bit annoying.

For the rest, the team's reaction was exemplary.

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And some players have inflated their confidence capital.

Moses Simon, not so sharp and clumsy since the start of the season, reassured himself by finally scoring (71st).

“Moses told us that if he had missed this one he wouldn't have been well!

», Smiles Dennis Appiah.

Renaud Emond also finally scored a goal well in his style (86th) just after coming into play. "I do not have a group to play at the top of the table, but I have an interesting group", concludes Gourcuff.

A cold realism that risks disappointing Nantes supporters and perhaps President Kita.

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