The fourth consecutive defeat of the Greens on Saturday evening against Reims (1-2) placed Saint-Etienne in extreme danger.
Now 19th in Ligue 1, ASSE will absolutely have to obtain a more favorable score than Metz next Saturday during the last day.
Any other result than a draw or a victory in Nantes would be synonymous with direct relegation.
A disaster for this historic French football club.
This issue, the people of Nantes do not care.
Already qualified for the Europa League thanks to their success in the Coupe de France, the Canaries want to finish in style at home.
And that's what the coach of FC Nantes, Antoine Kombouaré, made clear on Saturday evening, after his team's defeat in Lyon (3-2).
“I have never been given a gift”
“We will catch up next weekend to have a big party with our supporters, he warns.
I don't play to send people to Ligue 2. We play to win our matches.
And if they [Saint-Etienne] have to maintain themselves by coming to win with us, it means that they will have had a big game.
But we won't give a gift.
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Antoine Kombouaré continues, determined.
“I have never been given a gift in my life.
So we are going to play the match with the utmost seriousness, with determination and the will to win.
And if our victory sends them to Ligue 2, so much the worse for them.
That's life.
We don't ask for anything and we go get our results.
It's like that.
We, last year, we almost went to Ligue 2. We did everything to maintain ourselves.
We didn't need anyone's help.
We fought with our means.
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