Moses Simon gets backing of Manager after Penalty Scuffle with Teammate in Nantes Win

Supervisor of French Ligue 1 aspect, Antoine Kombouare, has come out to help Nigeria Worldwide Moses Simon following a little bit argument on the pitch between the Nigerian star and Egyptian ahead Mostafa Mohamed throughout the membership’s match within the weekend.

A 4-1 win over Brest on the Stade de la Beaujoire ended a seven-match streak and not using a win (six defeats) in all competitions for the French outfit.

However the sport didn’t go as deliberate for some time, with Fadiga handing Brest an 18th-minute lead and Ludovic Blas lacking a penalty for the hosts.

Referee Marc Bollengier, nonetheless, gave Nantes a second penalty, and an argument adopted about who was to take the kick between Simon and Mohamed.

Simon, who’s in his fourth season with Nantes, finally transformed the penalty to even scores for the Canaries. Additional targets from Ganago, Mohamed, and Sissoko made it a snug afternoon for Nantes.

The awkward drama between Simon and Mohamed, nonetheless, didn’t escape the eager eyes of supervisor Kombouare.

And the tactician has warned the Egyptian striker towards arguing with teammates sooner or later over who takes penalty kicks.

“I feel he (Mohamed) needed to take the penalty. We could have the event to speak about it; it took him out of the sport for some time although he had a great begin. We felt he was upset however we needed to hold him within the sport,” Kombouare instructed the post-game press convention.

“This shouldn’t occur once more as a result of we will undergo and even lose a sport. This type of perspective is rarely good, particularly in our scenario. It’s essential to present help and confidence to your teammates. What’s extra vital now’s that it didn’t have any grave penalties on the remainder of the sport.”

Kombouare restated the order of gamers taking penalty kicks. In case a penalty is awarded, Ludovic Blas stays the membership’s quantity penalty taker, adopted by Moses Simon.

Within the absence of these two, both Mostafa Mohamed or Ganago can take the kick, relying on who’s on the sector. Mohamed joined Nantes in July from Galatasaray.

Nantes’s victory over Brest took the Canaries out of the relegation zone, with the membership occupying the 14th place within the desk with 10 factors after 11 video games.