All hopes are allowed for the Canaries. Having managed to bring back the 1-1 draw from their trip to Juventus Turin this Thursday evening during the first leg of the Europa League, FC Nantes kept their chances of qualifying for the rest of the competition intact. Ludovic Blas (59th) responded to Dusan Vlahovic’s opener (12th).
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FC Nantes is more than ever alive in a Europa League that is decidedly rich in reversal of the situation for the men of Antoine Kombouaré. Past, already, very close to leaving the road during the group stage, the Canaries have again thwarted the forecasts on the occasion of this sixteenth-final first leg of the competition.
The bar and the post save Lafont
Quickly led to the score following a brilliant inspiration from Di Maria and an equally polished conclusion from the Chiesa-Vlahovic duo (12th, 1-0), the Nantes residents have long seemed powerless in front of the very solid Turin block. Not precise enough in their transmissions, too timorous in their forward runs, the Yellow and Green suffered the weight of the challenge throughout a first half which could have ended in a huge slap in the face without the saving presence in the Nantes goals of his guardian angel Lafont (27th, 30th, 46th).
Angel Di Maria (Juventus Turin) faces Nantes
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Kept alive by the French international, the teammates of a Nicolas Pallois who was still so generous in the effort ended up cheering up when they returned from the locker room. Carried by a huge Moussa Sissoko in midfield, Nantes managed to snatch the equalizer shortly before the hour mark following a school counter perfectly launched by Centonze and just as brilliantly converted by Blas (59th , 11).
Freed by this equalizing goal, the Nantes then stood up to the many attacks from Turin, the crossbar (61st, 65th) and the post (61st) even flying to the aid of the impeccable Lafont on overpowered attempts from Chiesa and Di Maria . Valiant until the end in a Juventus Stadium, however white-hot by the 40,000 Turin supporters present this evening in the bays, the Canaries snatched a draw (1-1) which will be worth its weight in gold when approaching this play-off return from the Europa League in a week at the Stade de la Beaujoire.
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