It was in La Beaujoire that Metz faced FC Nantes, in the match counting for the second day of Ligue 1. Led by the score, Antonetti's men suffered a 2-0 defeat against a more efficient Nantes opponent. .

To counter Antonetti's usual 4-3-3, Kombouaré aligned his Nantes team with a balanced 4-2-3-1, with Emond at the forefront.

Kolo Muani opened the scoring in the 12th minute of play. On a pass from Simon, he quickly forced the FC Metz goalkeeper to get the ball in his net.

It is with a score of 1-0 that the players joined their respective locker rooms at half-time.

Finally, the last goal was scored for the Canaries by Blas in the 49th.

The referee warned Coco and Blas.

Thanks to this result, FC Nantes passes in front of Lorient and now occupies 5th place.

Metz lost 9 places and was relegated to 15th position.

FC Nantes and Metz: the next matches

FC Nantes will play against Stade Rennais at Roazhon Park on August 22 at 5 p.m. for the next day.

The Stade de Reims will face Metz on the same day at 3 p.m., at the Saint-Symphorien stadium.

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The match sheet: line-ups, goals and refereeing

FC Nantes - Metz: 2-0 (1-0 at half-time)

In Nantes (Beaujoire), August 15, kick off at 3 p.m.

Metz coach: Frédéric Antonetti

Composition of Metz: Alexandre Oukidja (16), Fabien Centonze (18), Thomas Delaine (17) [then Papa Ndiaga Yade in the 83rd], Mathieu Udol (3), Dylan Bronn (2), Amine Bassi (21) [then Vagner José Dias Gonçalves in the 62nd], Habib Maïga (19) [then Boubacar Traore in the 61st], Pape Matar Sarr (15) [then Cheikh Tidiane Sabaly in the 83rd], Vincent Pajot (14), Kévin N'Doram ( 4) [then Sofiane Alakouch in the 30th], Ibrahima Niane (7)

FC Nantes coach: Antoine Kombouaré

Composition of FC Nantes: Alban Lafont (1), Jean-Charles Castelletto (21), Dennis Appiah (12), Nicolas Pallois (4), Andrei Girotto (3), Fábio da Silva (2) [then Sébastien Corchia in the 82nd ], Ludovic Blas (10) [then Charles Traoré in the 88th], Pedro Chirivella (5), Renaud Emond (28) [then Roli Pereira De Son in the 75th], Moses Daddy-Ajala Simon (27), Randal Kolo Muani (23) [then Marcus Coco in the 82nd]

Goals: Kolo Muani (12th), Blas (49th)

Warnings: Blas (53rd), Coco (90th) for FC Nantes

No player sent off

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