“It’s a bittersweet defeat. We are close to something big. We could have had a completely different result. We play a match to annoy them, to put them in doubt. We succeed, but they still go ahead. Then we do the hardest part by equalizing, with the addition of a numerical superiority. So we can’t lose a match like that. But that’s good, we didn’t come here as little boys. The attackers had plenty of situations, like the two against one of Blas and Simon. We have to be more killers, more effective in both areas. Because in the end, you concede two stupid goals…
“Blas? He can do better…”
Antoine Kombouaré, coach of Nantes
It was interesting, a very open match. It was on a wire and the Marseillais gain with a success which they caused. But I didn’t like this defeat, you don’t learn from defeats, that’s bullshit. Blas? He can do better. I can understand that he’s upset right now. But what is good is that he wants to play and with his means at the moment, he manages to lend a hand to the team. For OM, Alexis Sanchez is a great player, but what he has done elsewhere, he must succeed in doing here. This is how we are judged. But it will be a real reinforcement, even if he is not yet physically ready. It might be easier with attackers around him…”