Nice
31/03/202413:00
Francesco Farioli
NiceAntoine Kombouaré
Nantes
Meeting Highlights…ABOUT MATCH
Have you seen the movie Fast & Furious? There is a beautiful sentence in it: We experience competitions a quarter mile at a time. Well, it’s the same for us: we live football 90 minutes at a time.Nantes have so much variety in the characteristics of their players that they can offer a lot of different things.
…SCORE
On this, we remain on the line that we have chosen from the beginning: respect and maintain total confidentiality, as often happens and as has happened.
…PREPARATION
We have trained well and are ready for the match. I’m expecting a good start and then continue to do so.
Francesco Farioli
Manager on Nice…ABOUT MATCH
Have you seen the movie Fast & Furious? There is a beautiful sentence in it: We experience competitions a quarter mile at a time. Well, it’s the same for us: we live football 90 minutes at a time.Nantes have so much variety in the characteristics of their players that they can offer a lot of different things.
…SCORE
On this, we remain on the line that we have chosen from the beginning: respect and maintain total confidentiality, as often happens and as has happened.
…PREPARATION
We have trained well and are ready for the match. I’m expecting a good start and then continue to do so.
Antoine Kombouaré
Manager on Nantes…INJURY REPORT
Moses Simon had surgery today in Nantes. We are sad for him because he wanted to find me but also to come back to help the team. That is not the case. Now , we'll have to do without him. Otherwise, it's all hands on deck. There remains the usual absentees, Ganago and Meupiyou. With Gana’, the idea is that he is ready for next season. For the second, it is in the recovery phase. He was able to resume racing with the surgeon's approval but there is a very strict protocol to follow.
…NEW MANAGER
I arrive here with a very clear situation and a team which is 16th in the ranking. We must help the team to keep the club in L1. We are on a mission, with this maintenance operation. We must regroup energies, come together as a unit . The news that comes out isn't always good lately. We have to stay focused on our work and we don't have to make excuses. Now, speeches are no longer useful. We have a job to do. We would like to win on Sunday, to pay tribute to Maxime too, our supporter who died before the first leg, but also because a victory would be very important for us. The main thing is to be in L1 on May 18, or at least the play-offs. We have to prepare for that.
…ABOUT MATCH
I look at the team we are going to face: OGC Nice, 5th in the championship. With a success, they can return to 3rd place, qualifying for the Champions League, 7 days from the end. It's a capital issue for them. We also know that they have the best defence. We know the difficulty that awaits us there. The idea is to have a solid defensive organisation, because danger can come from anywhere. And then you have to be able to pose problems for this opponent. It is out of the question to go to Nice to just suffer. You will have to be intelligent, have courage. Then, we will have to score goals to win.