for Kombouaré, Nantes has “a shot to play”
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The coach of the Canaries willingly endorses the costume of Petit Poucet of the group but warns that his team has a chance of getting out of it.
Antoine Kombouaré, coach of Nantes, after the draw of the Europa League groups: “The first feeling I felt (among the players) was a small hint of disappointment. They would have liked to play big, Arsenal for some, Manchester for others… It’s the Europa League, not the Champions League, but you want to play against big guys, to go to big stadiums. It’s a tough group. We are Tom Thumb. We are going to discover and above all work to create surprises, play our cards right. We are dwarfs in this competition! Olympiakos is in my opinion the favorite of the group. On a personal level, there is my little brother, my brother, Christian Karembeu who is there (the former international is an adviser to the president of the Piraeus club, editor’s note). It means something to me, but it will certainly be even more moving for him, who was trained at FC Nantes. We’re going to call each other. It’s a little twist of fate. Fribourg, that speaks to me because I trained Strasbourg and it’s not far, a hundred kilometers. I happened to go see them. Qarabag is Azerbaijan. With my assistants, it made us laugh. We remember a certain president of Racing Club de Lens (Azerbaijani Hafiz Mammadov, Ed). It’s a draw that gives strength, energy to say there is a shot to play. It puts a little pressure on us.»
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