A year after a memorable round of 16 won by the Bretons (5-4 ap), Angers and Rennes meet again Thursday in the Coupe de France, the favorite event of Julien Stéphan, the Breton coach: in two attempts with the Reds and Black, he won the trophy once (in 2019) and only failed in the semifinals in 2020 (1-2 in Saint-Etienne).
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Dalbert revived?
Absent against Lens (0-0) last weekend, Steven Nzonzi “Has resumed training collectively, it’s going better”, explained the coach of the 5th in Ligue 1. On the other hand, Clément Grenier (“Little muscle problem” according to Stéphan) is forfeited for a meeting where the starting eleven should be renewed. “There will be a few rotations in the workforce, three or four, because it’s a week with three meetings”, warned Julien Stéphan.
The coach could in particular relaunch Henrique Dalbert, barred by competition from Faitout Maouassa and Adrien Truffert on the left. The Brazilian dreamed of the Champions League, he now hopes to find playing time in an event he would be wrong to neglect: “It’s still the Coupe de France. It’s still a wonderful competition where we experienced extraordinary emotions not so long ago., hammers his trainer. It’s the whole general concept that maybe sanitizes it, but we’re going to play it thoroughly. “
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