In a tense meeting and marked by two red cartons, Nantes took the best on Clermont, Saturday, at La Beaujoire (2-1).
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In press conference this week, before this e Football Ligue 1 day, Antoine Kombouaré had asked his players “Confirmation” after the noon brought from Bordeaux (1-1) And the victory in Troyes (2-0). The Coach Nantais was heard, his players imposing 2 to 1 against Clermont, Saturday, October 23, thanks to the goals of Andrei Girotto and Ludovic Blas.
At La Beaujoire, these are two teams separated by a small point in the ranking that clashed. Surprise of the beginning of the season, the Clermontians (14 es ) advanced confidence after the victory obtained against the champion of France, Lille, last weekend (1-0). But facing Nantes, ranked 9 before the meeting, the latter had a hard time starting, and the first half hour resulted in an attempt to face Mohamed Bayo at the eleventh minute, Safe for Alban Lafont and Canaries Defense.
The calm of the beginning of match has given way to a true storm: in the thirtieth minute, the Clermontois Johan Gastien was excluded after a mood gesture on Andrei Girotto. This red card caused the anger of his coach and father, Pascal Galetio, and led to a tense exchange with his counterpart Nantais Antoine Kombouaré. The pressure is not fallivated: a few minutes later, Sébastien Corchia was excluded, the Nantes does not master his tackle on Vital N’Simba (41 e ).
In the meantime, Andrei Girotto had found the fault by resuming the right foot an eccentric free kick of Corchia (38 e ). “We missed experience on that time. From the beginning of the match, we were not fair enough technically, we can not hurt themselves,” bitterly saw the Clermontois Florent Ogier, at the mid – Amazon Prime’s microphone.
Nantes settles at the top of the ranking
On the return of the locker rooms, his team did not delay react and equalize via Mohamed Bayo, adjusting Lafont of a right foot shot under the bar. But at ten against ten, the spaces were more numerous in the defenses, and Randal Kolo Muani took the opportunity to send a center behind Ludovic Blas (61 e ), the attacker definitively giving the Victory to his heads on the left.
With this victory, Nantes confirms his excellent start of the season by settling at the top of the ranking, at the e Above all, the players of Antoine Kombouaré now have eleven points ahead of the e place, that of barragist. A small mattress on which the Nantes probably did not think after eleven days, which had finished at this e place in the last fiscal year.
“We knew it was a match at stake. With the trust and a positive state of mind, it’s easier to play. Everyone takes pleasure, and it’s super”, S ‘ Is satisfied Captain Nantais, Alban Lafont, at the end of the meeting. Nantes will try to confirm his good shape Sunday, October 31, when moving to Montpellier. Clermont will receive from his part Marseille, the same day.