• The Canaries face Toulouse on Thursday at 8:45 p.m., in a first-leg jump-off to stay in Ligue 1. The return will take place in Nantes on Sunday at 6 p.m.

  • The Nantes people will have to have digested at best their defeat (1-2) suffered against Montpellier on Sunday.

    A setback that sent them directly to dams.

By Antoine Kombouaré's admission, his players took, Sunday evening, “an uppercut” with the defeat (1-2) in Montpellier which catapulted them into play-offs against Toulouse (Thursday evening, first leg at 8:45 p.m., at Stadium, and return match, at La Beaujoire, Sunday at 6 p.m.). “Mentally, the players came back in difficulty,” the coach told a press conference on Wednesday at noon. We saw each other going on vacation, and ultimately no… Sport always brings us back to reality. "Ludovic Blas did not say anything else:" It is certain that Sunday evening, we were a little dejected. We took a hit in the back of the head, we were a little disgusted. "

Monday afternoon, the group went to "take the air", according to Kombouaré.

A walk marked by "a lot of discussions and exchanges".

Two players were even more affected than the others: Alban Lafont and Randal Kolo Muani.

On Monday, they knew they would not participate in the Euro hopes.

"Alban and Randal were thinking of making the play-offs and then joining the hopefuls selection," Kombouaré said.

Sylvain Ripoll, the coach, decided otherwise [the two players have been replaced].

That's why they were disappointed… ”

Nantes is "favorite" and "must assume", according to Kombouaré

Faced with Toulouse, "a team carried towards the offensive", the Nantes technician believes that the FCN unambiguously endorses the costume of "favorite". “We have to assume this responsibility. We are Ligue 1. […] I do not envisage defeat. In my mind these two games should allow us to maintain ourselves. “Unlike TFC, the Canaries will not be able to count on a sacred union around the Nantes club and they seem to have come to terms with this lack of support. Kombouaré: “From the start, it's been like that. I know that there is a mistrust of some supporters towards the club, I mean some… because I live here and I meet many who are behind us. "Ludovic Blas agrees with his coach:" We know very well that not all supporters want our defeat,we receive a lot of messages, and I'm sure that even people who went to the demonstrations are among those who send us these messages of support. "

The Nantes midfielder, who has already experienced relegation with Guingamp in 2019, does not want to relive this avanie. “This club has a history, and our first thought is for the club, for everyone who works there. We know what it means to them, especially me who has already experienced it. "A lucid Blas on the mediocre season achieved by the FCN version 2020-2021:" What is frustrating is that we are not a team that deserves to play the play-offs over the last five games, but if we remove them, yes, we deserve to play the maintenance for the rest of the season. "The Nantes midfielder, whose last very good performances suggest that he may be the one through whom the wind of the Nantes revolt can blow, to conclude before leaving the press conference room:" We must hold on,there is no more solution. It's a round trip, and then Sunday, we're going to smile, quite simply. "

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