• FC Nantes won 2-0 on Thursday in the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France against Bastia.

  • A qualification in the semi-finals acquired with forceps, because the Canaries did not show much, especially in the first half.

  • Antoine Kombouaré nevertheless recognized the weaknesses of his team, which will host Monaco on March 2 or 3.

The manner was not really there.

What to remember from this match apart from the qualification of FC Nantes for the semi-finals of the Coupe de France?

Isn't that essential at the same time?

Of course, the Canaries did not show much at Beaujoire against SC Bastia.

They even took on water in the first half.

And yet, everything had started so well with this penalty converted by Ludovic Blas from the first minute of play. And then nothing… Like a black hole, a fault, of nearly 45 minutes on the side of Nantes.

“Despite the penalty, we did really good things in the first half.

Nantes was disturbed by our movements ”, notes Régis Brouard, the coach from Bastia.

The Nantes people suffered, they hunkered down.

Antoine Kombouaré concedes it, his formation showed practically nothing during the whole first half.

“You have to admit that after that first goal, we were bad.

It's a miracle we don't concede a goal.

The defense held up but it didn't go far.

The Canaries suffered so much that the split between the two teams was not noticeable.

Nantes residents "the ass between two chairs"

Faced with enterprising Bastiais, the Nantes residents retreated, lacked aggressiveness and failed to take the game on their own.

“We defended very badly.

When we had the ball, we refused the game, which meant that we offered nothing, ”analyzes the Nantes technician, lucid about his two-faced team.

To believe that the ideal scenario of the goal scored from the start played against the FCN, who did not know how to drive the point home afterwards.

“When you score very quickly, afterwards you have your ass between two chairs.

There is a part of the team that wants to attack and another that wants to defend.

We finally have a team split in two.

»

In these cases, the Blas-Kolo Muani pair does the job.

That's what happened Thursday night.

The duo clearly took matters into their own hands to allow the FCN to validate their ticket for the next round.

First on paper, since they are the two evening scorers.

But also because they are directly involved in the two Nantes projects.

Kolo Muani won the penalty and Blas was the center on the goal of his friend in the 2nd half.

"Not to mention Moses Simon", specifies the Yellow and Green coach.

“When you manage to find these three players… There is a perfect understanding between them, and that's also what makes our team strong.

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Monaco at Beaujoire

The way was not there, in front of 25,000 spectators at La Beaujoire.

25,000 Nantes residents who vibrated at the final whistle.

Because FC Nantes is qualified in the semi-finals of the Coupe de France.

Qualifying and then that's it.

“The appetite comes with eating,” concludes the Kanak coach.

See you on March 2 or 3 for the next opponent on the menu: AS Monaco.

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