FC Nantes has experienced great emotions since the post-World Cup recovery, with a 16th final in the Europa League against Juventus and a new epic in the Coupe de France. Except that in Ligue 1, the Canaries are no longer advancing. Against Auxerre on Sunday, they extended their series with an eighth game in a row without a win. Defeated (2-1) and overtaken in the standings by the Burgundians, the FCN is now 15th with just two points ahead of Strasbourg, 17th and first relegation in this season with four runs. What quite annoy Antoine Kombouaré.
“Today the players are not concerned by the maintenance (…). Apparently they prefer that we are in trouble, and that we find ourselves 17th to be able to wake up, debriefed the hot coach on Prime Video. I’m leaving huh! They like to play with pressure, so we’ll laugh. In any case today, I hear the Auxerrois say that we are a good team but no, we are a shitty team. »
A little later at a press conference, AK extended his thought, in a slightly more calm way. “We are not aware that the danger of relegation awaits us. Maybe by being in the red zone, we will finally react,” he said, before wanting to be encouraging: “I have a group that likes difficulty. I have confidence in my group which likes to play under pressure. We’ll see if he reacts. “There will be no room for error when receiving Troyes, 18th, next weekend.