The game: 2-1
It’s a goal that may change a lot of things in a month. A few weeks ago, already in Roazhon Park, Stade Rennais came out of their match against Fenerbahce (2-2) very frustrated, after leading 2-0 and conceding a draw after extra time. This Thursday evening, in the same place, the opposite scenario occurred: it was the Breton club which went to snatch success over Dynamo kyiv thanks to Désiré Doué (89th). A fair reward for the efforts made throughout the meeting.
“Victory is logical, has also judged the Rennes midfielder Flavien Tait, hot, at the microphone of W9. We dominated a lot, but we were clumsy in the last gesture. But we didn’t give up either. » A good summary of the performance of his team, for whom everything had started well with the opener in the 23rd minute from Martin Terrier, launched in full surface by his offensive partner Amine Gouiri and author of a sudden strike on the opposite side.
Heckled and little in sight, the Ukrainians still managed to equalize less than ten minutes later, through his talent Viktor Tsygankov (32nd). Behind, Rennes continued to push. For a long time, nothing worked. Until the liberating goal of Doué…
The player: Doué the aptly named
Entering in the 64th minute in place of Gouiri, Doué, the Rennes revelation at the start of the season, immediately showed that he was hungry for balls. It is in this spirit that, at the very end of the match, the 17-year-old player caused an error in his opponent’s throw on the left side, then quickly refocused before mischievously adjusting the Ukrainian goalkeeper. And liberate a whole stadium.
With these three points “important”according to Tait, the Rennais thus complete their first leg of the Europa League group stage with a good record of two wins and a draw, level on points with Fenerbahce, easy winner at the same time of Larnaca (2-0).
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Rennes remains on 8 matches without defeat in all competitions (5 wins, 3 draws).