Ligue 1Ligue 1
Nantes
20/04/202415:00
Rennes

Antoine Kombouaré

Manager on Nantes
Meeting Highlights

…INJURY REPORT

Compared to the group that was in Le Havre, we have the departure of young Mathis Abline who cannot play the match, and the return of Eray Cömert. He was able to resume this week. For Tino Kadewere, it is much better. He took exams. He started with us again yesterday, but it's too tight for Saturday's match. There are four matches behind, it would be stupid to lose it by restarting too quickly. The jurisprudence would have started with Piquionne. He had played against his club and scored before returning to his club. It is not easy.

…DERBY

There is no lightness. We know that there are still points missing for maintenance. You have to work to achieve victories. The victory in Le Havre allows us to better prepare for it. It's a derby. If there is one victory that can please our supporters, it is this one. There is this rivalry between Nantes and Rennes. Today, we are behind. But in a match, we can win it. Rennes are not at their best at the moment, but they are still ahead of us. That’s 6 consecutive years in the European Cup. We have played it once in 21 years. They are on 4 consecutive defeats, but they have never played to maintain. Everyone has their own problems. We have ours. We must widen the gap to maintain.

…ABOUT THE MATCH

We must show that we are not panicking, that we are confident, that we are not making excuses. We have to work together. In Le Havre, our attack is Bamba, Sissoko and Traoré. Our strength is cohesion. We can hope to do something. There is this weight - a curse - on the last matches at Beaujoire that must be broken. If we have to be forgiven by winning against Rennes, I'll sign! It will be perfect. We talk about it, we don’t hide our faces. Yesterday, we trained at La Beaujoire to take over the place and get our bearings. Of course, there are discussions about this handicap at home. We talked a lot about mental toughness. Against Lyon, it's good until we concede the first goal. We now have to do like in Le Havre, throughout the match. There was this pressure. Against Lyon, we unlocked certain things. But there is the non-exclusion of Lacazette and this first goal. I feel we are on the mend. This must be confirmed at home.

Julien Stephan

Manager on Rennes
Meeting Highlights

**Club Statement: **

Julien Stephan will held the press conference before the match.

Antoine Kombouaré

Nantes

Julien Stephan

Rennes
Meeting Highlights

…INJURY REPORT

Compared to the group that was in Le Havre, we have the departure of young Mathis Abline who cannot play the match, and the return of Eray Cömert. He was able to resume this week. For Tino Kadewere, it is much better. He took exams. He started with us again yesterday, but it's too tight for Saturday's match. There are four matches behind, it would be stupid to lose it by restarting too quickly. The jurisprudence would have started with Piquionne. He had played against his club and scored before returning to his club. It is not easy.

…DERBY

There is no lightness. We know that there are still points missing for maintenance. You have to work to achieve victories. The victory in Le Havre allows us to better prepare for it. It's a derby. If there is one victory that can please our supporters, it is this one. There is this rivalry between Nantes and Rennes. Today, we are behind. But in a match, we can win it. Rennes are not at their best at the moment, but they are still ahead of us. That’s 6 consecutive years in the European Cup. We have played it once in 21 years. They are on 4 consecutive defeats, but they have never played to maintain. Everyone has their own problems. We have ours. We must widen the gap to maintain.

…ABOUT THE MATCH

We must show that we are not panicking, that we are confident, that we are not making excuses. We have to work together. In Le Havre, our attack is Bamba, Sissoko and Traoré. Our strength is cohesion. We can hope to do something. There is this weight - a curse - on the last matches at Beaujoire that must be broken. If we have to be forgiven by winning against Rennes, I'll sign! It will be perfect. We talk about it, we don’t hide our faces. Yesterday, we trained at La Beaujoire to take over the place and get our bearings. Of course, there are discussions about this handicap at home. We talked a lot about mental toughness. Against Lyon, it's good until we concede the first goal. We now have to do like in Le Havre, throughout the match. There was this pressure. Against Lyon, we unlocked certain things. But there is the non-exclusion of Lacazette and this first goal. I feel we are on the mend. This must be confirmed at home.