Beaujoire supporters embarked on the roller coaster this Saturday. For this always boiling duel between Nantes and Rennes, Canaries fans hoped to see their team react after a complicated start to the season. For a long time, they thought they did not see what they expected. And then everything changed in the last half hour of play. In the end, the two opponents shared the points (2-2, 5th day of Ligue 1).
Things had started very badly for the locals. Moved and dominated by the Rennes, they conceded a first goal on a penalty pulled by Ludovic Blas (0-1, 29th). And things were spoiled in stride since Esteban Lepaul catapulted an offering of Alidu Seidu at the bottom of the nets (0-2, 35th). In the tough, the Canaries have stripped themselves to reach the locker room without taking another pawn.
A full mission. What leave with other intentions in the second period. Junior Mwanga gave hope to his family just after the hour (1-2, 64th). Transcended, the Nantes have had ten times more shots than visitors during the second act (eleven to one). But they had to wait to get to equalize. They thought they got there when the referee whistled a penalty this time in their favor, but Matthis Abline missed the opportunity (90th+1).
El Arabi saves furniture for Nantes
Despite the imminent end of the match, the men of Luis Castro continued to believe and push it, so much so that Youseff El-Arabi, who had not marked in Ligue 1 since May 2011, came out of her box to send a missile in the Rennes nets (2-2, 90th+6).
Celebrated as a victory by the Nantes public, this point of the draw allows the Canaries to find themselves provisional thirteenths of Ligue 1. Rennes is sixth and may feed big regrets for not having been able to keep his lead.
