If FC Nantes performed very well in the standings, winning quite logically 2-1 against Clermont Foot on Saturday afternoon, the meeting was also marked by great nervousness on the lawn. In the 30th minute, the referee thus issued a red card against the Auvergnat Johan Gastien, guilty of a gesture of nervousness on the somewhat muscular pressing of Andrei Girotto.
Believing himself to be the victim of an excessive sanction, the Clermont midfielder came out furious, apostrophizing the Nantes bench in the process. The scene was followed by a long altercation between Nantes coach Antoine Kombouaré and his Clermont counterpart Pascal Gastien. The latter being, in addition, to be the father of the expelled.
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“I did not like his gesture and I let him know”
“I was not good, I got out of my game. I was useless, the players won their match on their own. I got a little carried away, I could not remain calm and above all lead my team as I would have liked, ”regretted Antoine Kombouaré at the end of the meeting. Finally, Pascal Gastien came to apologize at the final whistle, believing that he himself had “gone crazy”. “It’s ancient history, the anger has died down. It was hard but we move on, ”reacts Antoine Kombouaré.
The Nantes coach was all the less able to keep his calm in the first half as his defender Sébastien Corchia was also sent off for a dangerous tackle in the 41st minute, leaving the two teams ten to ten for almost a time. “Of the two expulsions, I don’t know about the first one, but Sébastien Corchia’s is deserved. I didn’t like his gesture and let him know. “