Bamba opened the scoring in the 80th minute.

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  • FC Nantes won (0-2) in Lorient, this Sunday afternoon.

  • A success built in difficulty in the last ten minutes of the match.

  • Bamba, then Blas scored and allowed Nantes (and Gourcuff) to breathe better.

Some already imagined Christian Gourcuff coming full circle in his rich career with a defeat at Lorient, the club of his life ... The wink of fate would have been incredibly cruel.

During most of the meeting, the Nantes coach may have thought about it as his training was laborious in the game, and especially harmless.

However, in three minutes, the Canaries definitely took the lead (0-2) and undoubtedly offered a new (long?) Respite to their coach.

Two stabs from Nantes signed first of all by Kader Bamba (80th), who was somewhat forgiven for his missed penalty a week ago against PSG at Beaujoire, well shifted by Touré, then another the work of Blas (83rd), perfectly served in depth by Kolo Muani.

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"These are three points that are good for the head, we can savor," admitted at the microphone of Téléfoot, captain Nicolas Pallois, very feverish the whole match.

A success which should not exempt the Canaries from a certain sense of self-criticism in view of the first 80 minutes, and especially of the first period, and also taking into account the weakness of the opponent of the day ...

Lafont keeps FCN afloat

“We went back to the locker room head down…”, Pallois conceded again.

It must be said that between a festival of bad times, a worrying feverishness of the rearguard and a disarming carelessness on the technical level, Nantes vacillated almost all the time.

Without falling, but that, he owes it to Alban Lafont - decisive several times (29th, 40th) in the goal -, to the clumsiness of Moffi (11th) and a bit of luck, especially on this recovery of Marveaux hitting the post de Lafont (71st).

Up front, like almost every weekend, Kolo Muani struggled on the attack front and seemed very lonely.

So much so that the young striker got lost in solo offensives often doomed to failure.

“We needed points, it's taken…”, could whisper Nicolas Pallois.

The Canaries are back in 14th place in Ligue 1 with one game less (in Lens) and a little extra confidence.

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