• After its defeat in Montpellier, FC Nantes welcomes Strasbourg this Sunday.

  • Strasbourg has one of the best attacks in Ligue 1 with 22 goals scored in 12 league days.

    Antoine Kombouaré speaks of a "fire attack"

There will be points to take this Sunday at La Beaujoire. Against Strasbourg, FC Nantes faces a team tied in the Ligue 1 standings (17 points). A meeting that promises to be a double-edged sword for the two formations. Antoine Kombouaré, the coach of FC Nantes, even speaks of an "impression of a small final" which awaits the two formations. Faced with a confident Strasbourg team, after a large victory (4-0) against Lorient, FC Nantes will have to remain solid behind. “It's a fiery attack, they scored 22 goals,” analyzes the Yellow and Green technician.

Indeed, after 12 days of the championship, Racing is the third best attack in Ligue 1, behind PSG (26 goals) and Nice (23 goals).

An observation that pushes Antoine Kombouaré to distrust.

“We expect to suffer, we will play an athletic, solid team.

They are rarely discovered outside, ”he says.

And this is perhaps where the people of Nantes have a card to play.

Because if Strasbourg explodes the counters at the Meinau, Julien Stéphan's team is having more difficulties outside of its land (4 points taken out of 15 possible).

"An armada of offensive players"

But vigilance remains on the side of Antoine Kombouaré. “They score a lot following crosses, or on stopped phases. They have a better attack than us, that's clear. It's an armada of offensive players with Gameiro, Ajorque, Diallo, Waris… They are experienced, efficient attackers ”. Without counting Thomasson. The former Nantes player is the author of three goals this season.

If the Strasbourgers are less sharp on the outside, they still know how to shake the nets among their opponents.

Except in Rennes, the Alsatians have always scored outside.

FC Nantes to prove that he remains master at La Beaujoire.

After three straight wins at home, the Canaries must make up for their misstep in Montpellier (2-0 defeat).

Match in which Nantes lacked "aggressiveness, determination", according to their coach.

“If you don't have that kind of energy, that rage, that you have to have in you to score goals, you never hurt.

This is what we are missing.

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