FC Nantes inflicted their first defeat of the season on OGC Nice in Ligue 1 for Jocelyn Gourvennec’s first on the Nantes bench.
Jocelyn Gourvennec probably wasn’t asking for that much for his first time on the FC Nantes bench. First heavily whistled and the subject of a petition at the time of his appointment during the week to replace Pierre Aristouy, the former Canaries player did well for his debut. His players won (1-0) at La Beaujoire on Saturday by knocking down OGC Nice, so far undefeated in Ligue 1.
Collectively very solid and saved several times by an excellent Alban Lafont, the Nantes residents won their first victory in a month and climbed to 8th place in the championship. It was Florent Mollet, vigilant after a strike from Moses Simon repelled by Marcin Bulka, who offered victory to his team during the first act with a strike under the bar (1-0, 25th). A contentious action in which Rosario seems to deflect a hand strike like a goalkeeper could also have led to a penalty in favor of the locals (63rd), but no image could officially incriminate the Riviera defender.
Le Gym is missing the opportunity to take control of Ligue 1 ahead of PSG and will hope to see Kylian Mbappé and his partners be jostled at Le Havre on Sunday.
Off the field, the meeting unfortunately started in a leaden atmosphere. According to information from L’Equipe, a member of the Loire Brigade, the famous group of Nantes supporters, was attacked with a knife near La Beaujoire before the match against the Aiglons. The alleged attacker is a VTC driver whose vehicle was allegedly attacked a little earlier by supporters. The vital prognosis is still engaged at the time of these lines.
