TOPS
Blas, what a game!
La Beaujoire gave him a loud ovation.
And deserved.
Replaced in the last minutes, Ludovic Blas delivered a superb performance during this semi-final.
Permanent danger for the Lyon defense, the Nantes captain knew how to keep the ball and make differences, by his dribbling or his passes.
And at the start of the second half, he tipped the match by scoring a legendary goal.
His chest control-pivot strike sequence left no chance for Lopes, imperial until then (57th).
A true masterpiece.
Pallois made the law
The executives of the FCN responded present.
Boss of the Nantes defense in recent seasons, Nicolas Pallois held his rank perfectly on Wednesday.
His manly interventions and his sense of anticipation extinguished the Lyon attackers.
Physically affected at the end of the match, he nevertheless remained solid until the end.
Like his final release of the head, highly celebrated by the public.
The rise of Moutoussamy
Facing a timorous Lyonnais, Nantes gradually won the midfield battle.
Samuel Moutoussamy delivered a good meeting in the midfield.
Back in the starting lineup, he was very active in recovery and did not hesitate to project himself to accompany his attackers.
Author of a goal disallowed for offside (33rd), he almost scored the goal of the break, but his curled shot came to miss the target by nothing (79th).
FLOPS
Cherki passes by
In progress in recent weeks, Rayan Cherki missed his semi-final.
The young Lyonnais, renewed in a role of playmaker, however made a good start, before falling back into his faults.
Well taken by the Canaries, he lacked simplicity and did not feel the right moves to play.
Like a counter where he forgot to launch Barcola in the first period.
Shifted to the left wing after the goal from Blas, he especially stood out after the break with a huge miss in the area (68th).
Lovren too feverish
We had left him on a very solid performance at the Parc des Princes.
But three days later, Dejan Lovren flaunted too much excitement.
Embarrassed by Mohamed's movements, the Croatian defender made several mistakes that Nantes were ultimately unable to exploit.
Never reassuring for his young defense teammates.
