L1 – FC Nantes – Antoine Kombouaré sounds the alarm: “We are a shitty team”

He hopes for awareness. But for now, that’s not it. And in the meantime, Antoine Kombouaré continues to see his team sink into L1, as if nothing had happened. “We can hold the speeches we want. But the players do not feel concerned by the maintenance“, confessed on Prime Video the Loire coach, before drawing up a clear statement: “Today, however, we are at the bottom of the hole“. Beaten in Auxerre (2-1), the Canaries remain on eight matches without winning. And this Sunday, the finalists of the Coupe de France have only two points ahead of the maintenance.

Faced with such a situation, unsurprisingly, Antoine Kombouaré does not hide his annoyance. And the reasons are many. First, there is the performance of his troops. As too often in recent weeks, his proteges signed a nightmarish first period before raising their voices after the break. “We set ourselves handicaps that are too difficult to overcome. I told them against Reims, against Monaco… We can’t have good matches when we are so bad at the start of the match“, underlines Kombouaré. But if he is on the nerves this Sunday evening, it is especially that he does not see his players becoming aware of the situation.

The weeks pass and the people of Nantes do not put the right ingredients in L1. Because between their round of 16 in the Europa League and their fine run in the Coupe de France, the Ligériens have had their minds elsewhere in L1 for a few matches now. And suddenly, Alban Lafont’s teammates chained poor performances. And don’t go any further. “Every day the fans talk to them about the final, explains Kombouaré again. I warn them because I sense what is coming. But apparently, they prefer that we are in trouble and that we find ourselves 17th to finally wake up. Me, I’m leaving. They like to play with pressure, so we’re gonna laugh.”

If Florent Mollet recognizes for example that they must “remobilize“, but believes that he “there is no fire yet“, Kombouaré, who did not want to dramatize last weekend, opts for a much more provocative speech. Just to sting his players, who do not seem to take the measure of the situation so far. “Today, I hear the Auxerrois say that we are a great team. But no, we’re a shitty team. We are not able to win in 8 matches. It means we’re bad and in trouble. So we have to wake up. (…) I would like Strasbourg to win the next match and lose against Troyes so that we are 17th. Afterwards, we will see if we are able to win under the pressure. They have to have their backs against the wall“.

Eager to shock his players, while a group of four are standing in three points for the last place in the lift for Ligue 2, the technician is looking for the right lever to operate to revive his group and remobilize them in championship while the final of the Coupe de France will take place on April 29. However, he also remains confident, convinced that his team has the weapons to raise their heads. “I’m angry after a game. But I’m not worriedhe acknowledges. I have a lot of confidence in my group. I have no doubts about his ability to react. But now you’re talking to a wall.” And it’s time to break it so as not to ruin everything from this season.