FC Nantes: A crucial choice for a player of Antoine Kombouaré!

FC Nantes bears the brunt of a particularly complex calendar in March. After losing to RC Lens, Stade Rennais and Paris Saint-Germain, Antoine Kombouaré’s men will have a hard time facing OGC Nice on a stratospheric dynamic. To create a surprise, the Canaries could s rely on a rookie with very encouraging performances, so much so that he is already arousing envy…

After a complex month of February, the month of March promises to be even worse for the defending champions of the Coupe de France. The consistent and encouraging performances achieved against the three teams of the Top 5 mentioned above did not prove to be sufficient. From now on, it will be necessary to privilege the victory even if it means sacrificing the way to the risks of seeing a comfortable mattress of points disintegrating dangerously 12 days from the end of the championship.

A complex but evocative dilemma

This winter, FC Nantes achieved a drastic transfer window and cut to allow Antoine Kombouaré to have a calibrated workforce to play on all fronts. If the FCN could not achieve a feat against Juventus Turin, the rookies proved essential to overcome RC Lens during the shock of these quarter-finals. A recruit is also unanimous at Beaujoire. Indeed, Jaouen Hadjam has conquered an audience particularly fond of his privileged moments of communion as beautiful to see as his left-footed crosses which bring, almost permanently, danger into the opposing area. Unlucky against Paris Saint-Germain by scoring against his camp, good news has just fallen and it should very clearly flatter his ego. After nine games with the Canaries, the former Paris FC full-back has already caught the eye of Djamel Belmadi who pre-summoned him to play in the 2024 African Cup of Nations qualifiers with the Fennecs. Only problem, Jaouen Hadjam also received a pre-call from Sylvain Ripoll and integrate the French Espoirs after having known nine selections with the French U17s, U19s and U20s.

Thus, a bi-national dilemma presents itself to the young 19-year-old Canary who will have to decide between the French selection and the Algerian. Whatever his choice, the future of Jaouen Hadjam seems bright and the recruitment of FC Nantes already seems to pay off. Facing OGC Nice, the Franco-Algerian will have to ignore the crucial decision that revolves around him to focus on his football, which has won over his coach wonderfully. See you tomorrow at 3 p.m.