Winner 1-0 in Lorient, Saturday, for the 23rd day of Ligue 1, by completely neutralizing its opponent, Nantes applied “a flawless plan”, adding realism as well, welcomed coach Jocelyn Gourvennec.

“We made a flawless plan. We didn’t make any mistakes, we didn’t give anything away to Lorient, which only got on target once,” said the coach.

“Afterwards, we had to be much better than in Toulouse in using the ball, which we did today,” he added.

Positioned in a 5-3-2 which seemed very defensive on paper, its players were able to take advantage of a few transitions to create the most dangerous opportunities.

They were rewarded by the goal scored by Jean-Charles Castelletto, a central defender by trade but aligned as a right piston and present at the right time to acrobatically take over a cross from Moses Simon, untenable (0-1, 49th).

“I think we can do much better, but we had some very interesting situations,” said Gourvennec.

“We alternated the moments where we prepared and the moments where we were sharp and it’s good to add that into our game. And then we were effective,” which his team had sorely lacked recently, he said. -He underlines.

This victory should give confidence to his group whose state of mind is improving over the weeks, according to him.

“From what I see of the group today, we are much more ready to meet the deadlines (which await us). We saw it with a lot of solidarity, a lot of connection, a lot of desire to do things together,” he explained.

But the next match, at home, against Metz, 17th, and which would allow the Canaries to put a gulf between them and the direct relegation places in the event of a victory, will be crucial.

“Returning to Beaujoire is something that is very close to our hearts. I want to experience emotions at La Beaujoire as we were able to experience emotions here with our supporters this evening,” he confided.

If Nantes had inflicted on Nice its first defeat of the season (1-0) for its first match on the bench, it has since lost five times in a row, in all competitions.

“Tonight was a step. It’s great that we took three points but we still have a lot of work to do,” he admitted.