Remained on two frustrating draws against Lens (1-1) and Brest (1-1), Stade Rennais is back in the direction of the market with its victory in the derby against Nantes (0-1), before a dam return against Rosenborg Thursday in Norway (first leg: 2-0) to secure their ticket to the group stage of the new Europa League Conference. Rennes, however, risk having to do without their winger Jérémy Doku, once again poison for the defense but released through injury at the end of the first period.
Dominators, the Bretons chained the scoring opportunities before finding the flaw on a magnificent strike from Martin Terrier, served by Baptiste Santamaria, the latest arrival already fully integrated (1-0, 58e ). In a boiling stadium, Guirassy had the ball 2-0 at the end of the crampon but stumbled twice on Lafont (60e ). But the essential is assured for Bruno Genesio and his men.
Montpellier, which remained on a defeat and a frustrating draw during the first two days, finally regained the taste of victory against Lorient (3-1) and thus climbed to the top of the standings. With a rather satisfied Olivier Dall’Oglio: “They showed an important commitment, as I had requested. I saw a real team. We were waiting for this first victory. “
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Troyes and Strasbourg neutralize each other
For his part, the surprising SCO d’Angers hung Bordeaux (1-1), thus retaining his place on the podium. “There were good things and solidarity, we will try to keep the positive, testified the Angers midfielder Thomas Mangani. On the 2e period, they are at home, they grow a little more. You have to have several strings to your bow, when you have to stick together and have a magnificent state of mind, we have had it too. That’s one of the big positives. “
On the side of the Meinau stadium, Strasbourg and Troyes conceded a draw (1-1) which does not suit anyone, the two teams stagnating in the red zone. Metz and Reims also separated back to back (1-1) following early goals from Munetsi (7e ) for Reims and Maiga (14e ) for Metz.
Earlier in the day, Lyon and Clermont separated in a draw, for the coup much more spectacular (3-3). Clermont coach Pascal Gastien was delighted with the state of mind of his people, who equalized in the last minutes: “We had the merit of always believing in it. We were still in the race despite the domination of Lyon. It was necessary to score to obviously put them in difficulty mentally. “
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