They are masking the spirits. After the correction inflicted on Lyon (4-1) at Roazhon Park on November 7, the Rennais again made speak their attractive collective game at home against Montpellier (2-0) and temporarily rise to second place in the standings with a eleventh unbeaten game.
Against his former club, OL, Martin Terrier had not participated in the offensive festival of his team. The striker caught up on Saturday night by opening the scoring with a header (8th). The Bretons’ second goal is a collective masterpiece that involved half the team and ended with a header from Gaëtan Laborde then a winning volley from Lovro Majer (28th). Already sparkling against Lyon, the young Croatian rookie scored his first goal with Stade Rennais.
The Rennes evening could even have ended in apotheosis, but the post deprived Laborde of what could have been one of the best goals of the season, with an acrobatic recovery (87th).
“It’s a confirmation”
“After the match against Lyon, it’s a confirmation, it shows that the team is maturing and that it is capable of doing great things, rejoices Stade Rennais coach Bruno Genesio. We are on continuity. We also know that we will have more difficult matches that we will have to win. “
However deprived Saturday of its two mopeds (Sulemana and Doku), the Breton attack has therefore again made the powder speak. But the coach of the new runner-up of PSG, ambitious, is however demanding. “At 11 against 10, it is not normal that we do not score at least one additional goal (…). I would have liked us to be more killers, more fair. Great teams are those that leave nothing to the opponent. In the last two games, we shoot more than 50 times and we score six goals. We have to be more efficient, more aggressive in front of goal. We will not always have so many opportunities. “