FC Nantes and Paris Saint-Germain faced off this Tuesday evening at La Beaujoire, in the late match of Ligue 1’s 29th day. And while the club from the capital set themselves an all-time record, they were unfortunate to concede a second draw against the Canaris (1-1, video highlights Nantes/PSG). Antoine Kombouaré, the Breton club’s coach, spoke to DAZN about this fine performance.
Kombouaré: “I liked the attitude, we believed right to the end”
Congratulations?
Yes, yes, I’m very happy because we played a good match, a great match. Sometimes you can win or draw a game with a bit of luck, but I think we got the draw with a lot of hard work and we believed in it right to the end. We were a bit disappointed at half-time because we conceded an avoidable goal. I liked the attitude. We had to try and break that defensive pressure and be brave.
It’s a good thing they were quick off the mark because your player had to come off before scoring?
Yes, that’s soccer too. I could see him putting his hands on his hips. It was a great source of pride, because we felt we were in a bad way, and when you’re behind against PSG they can punish you. It’s a huge satisfaction because it’s an important point in the race to stay up, and to put in a performance of this calibre against PSG, as we said, was the match of the year for us. We also had to hope that PSG had their minds on next Tuesday.
“Their away statistics were scary. They’re never satisfied”
Unbeaten against the Invincibles?
Yes, we took 2 points against them.
Are their statistics good?
They’re very good. We had good shots on goal, they didn’t have as many expected goals as I’d imagined, and we had as many corners as they did. These are important statistics. When I saw their away statistics, it was frightening. They’re never satisfied, Luis Enrique is all over them, he never lets them go. When I saw the changes, it made me smile.
Did you ever go to 4 at the back?
At one point, if we wanted to get back into the game, we had no choice. We wanted to play high. When we scored, we went back to 5 at the back to lock on from all sides.
