His teammate and Mali international Coulibaly also made a telling impact in the game, inspiring Nantes’ victory with a well-taken strike.
Antoine Kombouare’s men hit the ground running in the encounter, dominating the opening 30 minutes and soon opened the scoring through Coulibaly in the 19th minute after he was set up by Ludovic Blas.
The Canaries continued dictating the pace of the game, enjoying more possession and Simon set up the Mali international with a fine pass but the attacker missed the target.
Nantes doubled their lead in the 51st minute from the penalty spot through Imran Louza, after Randal Kolo Muani was fouled in the area by Loris Benito.
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Be that as it may, the final decision lies with Rohr and the German tactician’s reluctance to welcome back the Pythagoreans’ frontman despite 53 goals in almost three seasons is astonishing.
“I know Simy very well, it was me who called him for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. He performed well at that competition, after which he played for some time in the Italian Serie B. I have never forgotten about him and have always observed him, not just now that he is doing so well,” Rohr told Europa Calcio last week.
“However, the competition is huge: we have [Victor] Osimhen, [Kelechi] Iheanacho from Leicester City and [Paul] Onuachu from Genk, who is very similar to Simy in terms of features and physical structure, without forgetting [Umar] Sadiq and [Odion] Ighalo.
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