The deliverance came after eight minutes of added time, this Sunday afternoon on the pitch at the Allianz Riviera. The match referee had barely brought the whistle to his mouth when Yellows captain Pedro Chirivella raised his arms to the sky while Moussa Sissoko lay on the field with a smile on his face. Antoine Kombouaré’s second mandate with FC Nantes began with a success (1-2) in Nice, like three years earlier, in Angers, when he replaced the short-lived Raymond Domenech. In a stadium that was two-thirds empty, where Nantes supporters were banned from traveling, the Yellows displayed a much more consistent and coherent face than in recent weeks.
Repositioned in 4-2-3-1 with the presence of Mostafa Mohamed and Matthis Abline in attack, the Yellow House quickly took stock of the debates. Deprived of balls and very harmless, the Aiglons were punished for the first time by Matthis Abline, whose header on a cross from Kelvin Amian left the Riviera goalkeeper no chance. But as is often the case this season, Nantes let the Gym come back, from the penalty spot, the fault of a multitude of big opportunities taken. Affected, the Canaries had the merit of not giving up and also benefited from a penalty which Mostafa Mohamed did not fail to convert. “It does us a lot of goodsavor Pedro Chirivella. There were smiles but we will remain humble, we are far from having arrived. We have seven matches left.“A final turn that Nantes no longer approaches in the shoes of a barrage.
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