Nantes boss backs Moses Simon in penalty rift with Egyptian star

The Nigeria worldwide was key to serving to the Canaries return to profitable methods on Sunday

Nantes supervisor Antoine Kombouare has thrown his assist behind Moses Simon following a mini-drama between the Nigerian star and Egyptian ahead Mostafa Mohamed through the membership’s match on the weekend.

Nantes ended a seven-match streak with no win (six defeats) in all competitions with a convincing 4-1 overcome Brest on the Stade de la Beaujoire.

However the recreation 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 objectives from Ganago, Mohamed, and Sissoko made it a cushty 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) wished to take the penalty. We may have the event to speak about it; it took him out of the sport for some time although he had a very good begin. We felt he was disillusioned however we needed to maintain him within the recreation,” Kombouare instructed the post-game press convention.

“This shouldn’t occur once more as a result of we are able to endure and even lose a recreation. This sort of angle isn’t good, particularly in our state of affairs. You could present assist and confidence to your teammates. What’s extra essential now could be 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 sphere. 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.