Tension is rising in Rennes, where Julien Stéphan is not satisfying before the hot derby on the Brest pitch this Saturday.
Coach who arrived at Stade Rennais in 2012 to take care of the U19s, Julien Stéphan climbed the ranks until he was crowned with the first team between 2018 and 2021, with victory in the Coupe de France on the line, but also a participation in the Champions League. He then resigned on March 1, 2021, only to return two and a half years later. Since then, the Breton club has not necessarily managed to get much better, missing the European Cup last season and struggling this season in Ligue 1. A situation which has earned it some inevitable criticism, and above all a possible disembarkation if the ” Rouge et Noir continued to sink, like this weekend during the derby against Brest.
In the Breton capital, everyone is well aware of the heatwave, and Ouest-France journalist Pierre Le Gall believes that it is quite normal for the pressure to rise. “ The pressure is increasing, we felt it and I think it is clearly visible through his press conferences. He is on the defensive, bordering on a little paranoid, as if everyone is angry with him, that we are deliberately not retaining his good results at the start of the year 2024 after his appointment. But it’s starting to date. Today, Rennes has been in a bad period for six months, and it’s normal for a club like Rennes that the coach is at least weakened, when you have 7 in 7 days and with generally insufficient match content. », Underlined the journalist on TV Rennes, for whom Julien Stéphan will not be able to last long if there is not a rapid reversal of the trend in the next matches. And probably this Saturday against Brest.
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