Moses Simon, Nantes scorer this Sunday.

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LOIC VENANCE / AFP

  • FC Nantes, with Patrick Collot as interim coach on the bench (after the dismissal of Gourcuff on Tuesday), drew (1-1) against Dijon, last in L1, this Sunday.

  • The Canaries, still 14th, lacked control throughout the meeting.

  • Patrick Collot had made strong choices by changing the system and leaving Blas and Kolo Muani on the bench.

FC Nantes is far from being out of the rut.

The psychological shock expected after the dismissal of Christian Gourcuff did not have the desired effect at all.

This Sunday, the Canaries, who nevertheless led 1-0 at half-time thanks to a penalty converted by Simon (24th), conceded a draw (1-1) against Dijon, a red lantern deprived of several holders.

The pre-match, marked by clashes between nearly 300 angry supporters after the management of President Kita and the CRS, was finally sadly more animated than this meeting worthy of the Ligue 2 level. "The context did not weigh “, Immediately dismissed Mehdi Abeid, who said he was not aware of the incidents that occurred at noon near the Beaujoire stadium.

However, the heavy environment for several days does not contribute to giving great serenity and great confidence to the players, who are sorely lacking.

Asked whether his charges are playing with fear in their stomachs, Patrick Collot, interim coach, admitted that he "did not feel".

“I think the players are determined, that they have a lot of desire.

And sometimes in these cases we rush, we make the wrong choices, we dare a little less.

What I saw today gives me a lot of hope for the future.

“We do not have to believe it when we think back to the relatively worrying lack of control of the Canaries against the last of the Ligue 1.

Lack of leaders in this FC Nantes

Figures show how sick this team is: only 37% possession or 338 passes (against 569 for Dijon) with a success rate of only 66%.

It was Dijon opposite and not Manchetser City… We must not forget either that Fabio saved his own twice, once on his line (40th) and another time during an intervention in extremis (72nd) in front of Konaté.

Lafont also confirmed his good form of the moment by being decisive against Sammaritano, two minutes after Konaté's equalizer registered in the 54th.

Collot had made strong choices while thinking of the management of the matches which will follow one another in the fortnight (trip to Remis on Wednesday then reception of Angers on Sunday then trip to Lyon in ten days).

The untouchables under Gourcuff (Kolo Muani and Blas) started on the bench.

Girotto was placed on sentry.

Exit 4-4-2, place 4-3-3 to have a more compact block.

"We were taking too many goals lately, I found that consistent," said Patrick Collot.

Coherent perhaps, but very insufficient.

FC Nantes hardly advances any more (still 14th).

No leader seems to emerge from this training, which should not once again be "questioned", according to Abeid.

Collot thus called for the emergence of “new leaders” in addition to “Pallois, Castelletto and Abeid”.

“We know that the climate is complicated, we are the first to be disappointed,” says Mehdi Abeid.

We would like to show fans another face.

[…] It's a bit because of us that the coach [Gourcuff] left, we really need to get moving and have results.

“Which would allow the Canaries to evolve with more serenity, but would not calm a large part of supporters exasperated by the management of Waldemar Kita.

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