The defeat (2-4) of FCN against Lens.

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Sebastien SALOM-GOMIS / AFP

  • FC Nantes lost (2-4) against Lens, this Wednesday, at Beaujoire, in the 32nd final of the Coupe de France.

  • Before the meeting, information about Domenech's dismissal and his replacement by Kombouaré leaked.

  • The players were therefore informed of all this before the match.

We almost forget that FC Nantes is already eliminated from the Coupe de France.

This Wednesday, at the stage of the 32nd finals, the Canaries were out (2-4) by RC Lens.

An anecdotal elimination given what was going on behind the scenes.

A little after 12:30 pm, a journalist from Télénantes tweeted: “Domenech and Nantes, it's over!

The information is like a bomb on social networks and begins to circulate at La Beaujoire.

On the way to the stadium, the players consult their mobile and take note of the news.

Which would have been very badly received by Robert Duverne, assistant to Raymond Domenech.

The Nantes coach is not even present because he has been placed in isolation since the day before after positive and then negative tests for Covid-19.

When the players recognized the pitch at an hour and a half before kick-off, the subject of dismissal was on some lips… Shortly after 2 pm,

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announced that Kombouaré would replace Domenech.

Patrick Collot surprised then annoyed

At 2.45 p.m., kick-off of the match.

FC Nantes, which opens the scoring by Bamba, is then weighed down by errors "worthy of teams from regional divisions", according to Collot, interim coach on Wednesday.

A coach first surprised at the end of the match when asked about the dismissal of Domenech: “Pardon?

You tell me, I don't know about it.

Collot then specifies how this meeting was prepared.

“I was on the edge of the pitch because Raymond [Domenech] wanted to stay in touch with Robert [Duverne] about the changes and what he saw of the match.

Raymond chatted with the guys on video at the hotel before the game.

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Relaunched on the dismissal of the former coach, Collot loses his nerves a bit: “I'm going to cut it short.

Don't start telling me about this because I don't know about it so I can't answer you.

I'm annoyed enough about the elimination.

You ask me about things I don't know!

Shortly after 5 pm, Raymond Domenech, no doubt informed of his fate by social networks or by relatives, would have been warned by telephone by President Kita of his dismissal.

The end of a day like no other.

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