Three small points in five games.
No victory, two losses.
By appointing Raymond Domenech on the bench, Waldemar Kita, the Nantes president, no doubt hoped to benefit from a certain state of grace at the start of his mandate.
Unfortunately for the Franco-Polish businessman, his team is now in 17th place, tied with Lorient (18th) who has one game less.
Never has a coach been so unsuccessful in his first five meetings at the head of FC Nantes.
The match at Geoffroy-Guichard this Wednesday is the perfect opportunity to bring out the cliché of the “six-point match”.
If ASSE wins at home, it would take seven points ahead of its evening opponent and create a real gap with the relegation zone.
Nantes, by winning, would return to a point from Saint-Etienne, who won on the wire last weekend in Nice (1-0).
We can therefore legitimately say that the Greens are in a more positive dynamic than the Canaries, and that they were able to raise their heads after the slap received by Lyon on January 24 (0-5).
5 - Raymond Domenech is the first coach in the history of Nantes to not win any of his first 5 Ligue 1 matches (3 draws, 2 losses) at the head of the club in the elite.
Failure.
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What then is not working on the Jonelière side?
Listening to Raymond Domenech, FC Nantes does not have any particular problems.
"We have no worries, we have no problem of authority," said the technician at a press conference on Tuesday, while some rumors indicate the astonishment of some executives vis-à-vis their coach's attitude.
The former coach of the Blues also said he had seen "good things" from his team during the home defeat to Monaco (1-2).
Two failed attacks face to face
One of the statically verifiable problems with this team is their offensive poverty.
Domenech's men have only found the net three times in five games without having faced, with the exception of Metz, the third best defense in the championship, formations known defensively.
On Wednesday evening, Nantes faces a team that is so lackluster in terms of attack.
Saint-Etienne has also scored three goals in the last five games, and both teams have the same number of goals this season in the league (21).
Always smiling in front of the media, almost systematically pausing before answering, the time to find a way to bounce back with humor to journalists' questions, Domenech displays a disconcerting serenity in view of the situation.
Perhaps the key to regaining success.
In any case, it will have to be found quickly since after Saint-Etienne, the Nantes calendar is tough.
The opportunities to take points will be rare for the Nantes people in this month of February: LOSC, Angers, Marseille, before a major trip to Nîmes, current red lantern of the championship, on February 28.
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