The joy of Blas and Appiah after the opening of the first scoring.

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Damien Meyer / AFP

  • FC Nantes conceded the draw (1-1) against Marseille this Saturday at La Beaujoire.

  • The Canaries, catastrophic in the first half, had nevertheless opened the scoring by miracle.

  • They were joined after a big chance for clumsy Randal Kolo Muani.

By conceding the draw (1-1), FC Nantes (18th and barrage) he lost two points or did he win one this Saturday against OM?

"When we play Marseille, we are happy to score a point but it's also a disappointment because when we lead to the score, you have to be able to hold on", replied coach Antoine after the meeting. Kombouaré.

The balance tilts more towards the frustration with regard to the meeting because the Canaries did not fall on a big OM this Saturday.

Insignificant in the first period (no shot on target and less than 50% of successful passes in the opposing camp), the Nantes, however, miraculously opened the scoring on a ball from goalkeeper Steve Mandanda.

“In the second half, we played a little higher, we were more in the pressing, summarizes Kombouaré.

We wanted to force them to play backwards.

We knew that the state of the ground was disastrous, we hoped to push them to the fault, on a back pass for example.

" On target.

In the 50th, on a pass back from Alavaro, Mandanda missed the ball, recovered by Blas, who pushed him into the empty cage.

An unexpected opening of the score in view of the level of play displayed by Canaris so far.

This FCN is in doubt

Reassured by this goal, the FCN even had a ball of 2-0 on a raid of Kolo Muani, well served by Blas.

But, the Nantes striker, far below for several weeks, went off center and shot into the small net.

Antoine Kombouaré nevertheless defended his young player: “Not being able to score this second goal is a regret.

But for little Randal [Kolo Muani], it is after great efforts.

He does a lot of defensive work.

"And loses in lucidity, especially on this action on which he could, however, raise his head and center back ... In the continuity, Marseille equalized by Payet.

"We have seen that we must not relax with such adversaries," Kombouaré notes.

When you score around the 50th minute, you have to be able to keep this advantage.

In that sense, it's a disappointment.

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The FCN can still be proud of having taken a point against the sixth in Ligue 1, but the content - even if the lawn is in a catastrophic state - does not encourage optimism.

“We defended well, but we were not able to play, admits Antoine Kombouaré, very clear on the fragility of his players.

Is it because of the terrain?

Or because mentally, we are always in doubt about playing?

“A coach who wonders and who wants to rely more on success (1-3) in Angers last Sunday for the rest.

“If we have to win matches, it's because we play football and because we want to attack to score goals, as we did in Angers.

“Next meeting, next Sunday, in Nîmes, a direct competitor in maintenance.

“We will play a large part of our championship there,” concludes Imran Louza.

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