After a month of losses, Stade Rennes finally responded by attacking Nantes in Saturday’s derby. A victory that will keep Rennes in the race for Europe, but which needs confirmation.
They could not make it worse. Against Toulouse a week ago, the Rouge et Noir delivered a disastrous performance at home, at a crucial moment, with a loss as a result. So the reaction of Julien Stéphan’s players was expected, and he made strong choices to “send messages” at the beginning.
Bourigeaud and Theate took their place at the start, Stade Rennes delivered an enterprising first period, but without good chances against FC Nantes in a low block, putting some pressure on the midfielders. Relying too much on Désiré Doué who hit the bar (27th), Rennes returned to the dressing room without a reward, but managed to stay on course in the second half.
After Arnaud Kalimuendo opened the break twice, Rennes finally beat rivals Nantes with a clear victory (3-0), with content much better than the content of recent weeks, but visible because the performance of cargo -residence Nantes poor. Steve Mandanda was only concerned once, making a stratospheric save, so his team never had to doubt their first victory with three or more goals from the first day of Ligue 1 (against Metz , 5-1).
Encore 4
Liked Julien Stéphane “perfect competition” of his team, but immediately qualified his comments. “We’re not going to settle for that either. Victory will not satisfy us, we have to go back to work on Tuesday. “. “There are 4 games left where we have to reproduce this type of performance”added Steve Mandanda.
Because after 4 defeats in all competitions, Stade Rennes quickly entered a negative cycle in a month after following three victorious months. The crisis set in so quickly that after sure success, caution is still in order. “I hope this victory will allow us to restart a positive cycle. “ trust Stéphan, who wants to be “very honest” then regarding his team’s ability to continue for the last 4 games (Brest, Metz, Lens, Reims). “I don’t know, I’m going to focus on preparing for Brest. This group is so amazing that I don’t know anything about it.” After the reaction, comes the time for confirmation.
2024-04-21 08:47:21
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