How to make a if-else Angular template with only ng-container?

I would like to make an if-else statement in my angular template. I started with that :

<ng-container *ngIf="contributeur.deb; else newDeb" >
    [... HERE IS A RESULT 1]
</ng-container>
<ng-template #newDeb>
    [... HERE IS A RESULT 2]
</ng-template>

And I tried to only use ng-container :

<ng-container *ngIf="contributeur.deb; else newDeb" >
    [... HERE IS A RESULT 1]
</ng-container>
<ng-container #newDeb>
    [... HERE IS A RESULT 2]
</ng-container >

Unfortunately, this does not work. I have this error :

ERROR TypeError: templateRef.createEmbeddedView is not a function
    at ViewContainerRef_.createEmbeddedView (eval at <anonymous> (vendor.bundle.js:11), <anonymous>:10200:52)
    at NgIf._updateView (eval at <anonymous> (vendor.bundle.js:96), <anonymous>:2013:45)
    at NgIf.set [as ngIfElse] (eval at <anonymous> (vendor.bundle.js:96), <anonymous>:1988:18)
    at updateProp (eval at <anonymous> (vendor.bundle.js:11), <anonymous>:11172:37)
    at checkAndUpdateDirectiveInline (eval at <anonymous> (vendor.bundle.js:11), <anonymous>:10873:19)
    at checkAndUpdateNodeInline (eval at <anonymous> (vendor.bundle.js:11), <anonymous>:12290:17)
    at checkAndUpdateNode (eval at <anonymous> (vendor.bundle.js:11), <anonymous>:12258:16)
    at debugCheckAndUpdateNode (eval at <anonymous> (vendor.bundle.js:11), <anonymous>:12887:59)
    at debugCheckDirectivesFn (eval at <anonymous> (vendor.bundle.js:11), <anonymous>:12828:13)
    at Object.eval [as updateDirectives] (ActionsButtons.html:5)

Can anyone explain me what is going wrong in this code ?