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Champions League: Rennes eliminated by Chelsea

Return of the Champions League last night with the start of the return phase, 4th day of the group stage. Rennes welcomed the English from Chelsea to Roazhon Park (behind closed doors due to confinement in France, unlike the photo). Three weeks ago in London the Reds and Blacks were severely beaten 3-0. Considering himself in the process injured by an arbitration very favorable to the English. Yesterday, no miracle for the Bretons eliminated from C1: the head of Olivier Giroud in added time gave Chelsea a 2-1 victory and a qualification in the round of 16.

Third defeat in 4 games for the Bretons who will try to snatch 3rd place from the pool next week in Krasnodar, to be transferred to the Europa League.

PRE-MATCH

Stade Rennais captain Damien Da Silva, at the microphone of Simon and Katell for Hit West:

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“We saw it in the first leg, it’s details … The highest level it is played a lot on that. It will take a little more mischief I think against this type of teams who know this genre well. of matches, which are used to us, a little less, but a little more mischief and experience too … We saw how they obtained penalties, how the referee whistled them for the penalties. But I think we’ll have to play roughly the same game … in any case we believe it and we will do everything to win this match! “

4 CLUBS QUALIFIES

After yesterday’s evening, four clubs have already qualified for the knockout stages: Chelsea therefore but also Sevilla, Juventus Turin and Barça. Victory if not of Paris Saint-Germain “without glory” against RB Leipzig 1-0, at the Parc des Princes. This Wednesday evening, Olympique de Marseille are playing Porto at 9 p.m. at the Vélodrome.

CHOLET ON THE PODIUM

In national, SO Cholet are 2nd in the standings after their victory over FC Bastia Borgo 3 goals to 1 last night. Mauges players are placed behind the other Bastia club, SC Bastia. Concarneau is 7th in front of Laval and Stade Briochin is 12th, after its 2-1 defeat yesterday in a late match of the championship at Quevilly.

In Ligue 1, the Canaries travel to Lens at 7 p.m. A match that had been postponed due to cases of Covid among the Blood and Gold.

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