“It’s a halt”, the Bretons miss the boat in the race for Europe

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Steven Nzonzi was sent off in the 8th minute of play in Bordeaux. – THIBAUD MORITZ / AFP

  • Stade Rennais was beaten by the Girondins de Bordeaux (0-1) after playing almost the entire meeting with ten after the expulsion of Steven Nzonzi.
  • Irreproachable in their state of mind, the Bretons are missing the opportunity to pass Lens and OM in the race for Europe.
  • Still two points from fifth place, Bruno Genesio’s players want to continue to believe in it despite receiving PSG next Sunday.

At Matmut Atlantique,

A little nightmare. This is what Stade Rennais just experienced this Sunday on the Matmut Atlantique side. It had been a long time for a team that remained on five wins in six games. But faced with the Girondins in the midst of a crisis, Bruno Genesio’s players faced too many negative elements to hope to come back with something from Bordeaux (0-1). From the red card of
Steven nzonzi after only eight minutes of play, at the first goal of Sékou Mara in Ligue 1 for his first tenure with the Navy and White, thinking by the strike on the post of an unstoppable Jérémy Doku on the Bordeaux lawn. Without forgetting the decisive parade of Benoit Costil at the end of the match on a strike from Guirassy. It was too much !

Stade Rennais played almost the entire match after Nzonzi was sent off. – THIBAUD MORITZ / AFP

“There is disappointment because even with one less player, we were able to create situations for ourselves, be dangerous and with a little more success, it’s a match where we could have done better. I believed in it and it came very close to it, ”regrets Bruno Genesio. Indeed, apart from the lack of concentration on the Bordeaux goal in the continuity of the expulsion of his international midfielder, he has little to reproach his players who “have shown courage” like the recalls Damien Da Silva after more than 85 minutes to ten. The statistics prove it with 54% possession, nine shots and 22 crosses. For a team that was outnumbered for most of the game, it’s hard to beat.

A great opportunity flies before Paris

In the end, the disappointment is above all accountable for this Stade Rennais which is irreproachable in its state of mind. With the defeat of Lens and the draw for OM, there was the possibility of regaining fifth place, synonymous with European qualification. Bruno Genesio:

It’s a halt because it was a great opportunity to take a new place, but it’s one of the difficult moments of a season that you have to be able to overcome. We are very close to 5th and 6th place, we will play hard until the end ”

For that, it will be necessary to be more “fair” and to have “a little more success” for Bruno Genesio. And from next Sunday since it is the PSG who will present themselves at Roazhon Park. It is also for this reason that this defeat is surely more than annoying in this race for Europe. But Damin Da Silva does not want to give up, he “is convinced that with this state of mind, the team can be very good” and beat the Parisian ogre.

“We are always the outsider” recalls the defender while Stade Rennais is only two points behind its two direct competitors. Still, it will be necessary to do with Steven Nzonzi, the real control tower of the team, “which puts everyone in the right direction”, says Jean-Louis Gasset, the coach of the Girondins.





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