Used to coaching big teams like Argentina, OM or Sevilla FC, Jorge Sampaoli will have to take on one of his biggest challenges on the sidelines at Stade Rennais.
Present in the stands of Roazhon Park this Sunday afternoon on the occasion of Rennes' new defeat in Ligue 1 against Toulouse (0-2), Jorge Sampaoli could only see the damage… Arrived from Brazil ago a few hours, the Argentine coach should commit at the beginning of next week with the Breton club until 2026. Unless he changes his mind after the sad spectacle he witnessed on the Brittany side this Sunday?
“The Argentine coach was able to measure the scale of the project…”
Probably not, but what is certain is that Sampaoli arrives in a team that is in trouble, as Ouest France explains. “In front of a public stunned by so much mediocrity, who ended up throwing in the towel, the SRFC continued to dig in before the arrival of Jorge Sampaoli, who was in the stands, to finalize. The Argentine coach was able to measure the scale of the project…”we can read in the columns of the regional newspaper, which did not hesitate to shoot the vast majority of Rennes players after the defeat against Toulouse. Since in its usual grade sheet, OF gave a 2/10 to six starting players, like Truffert, Santamaria, Kamara or Kalimuendo.
A player problem in Rennes?
Proof that despite the fact that Julien Stéphan left during the week, the Rennes squad did not particularly have an electric shock for the match after. Which also means that the group built with millions of euros, notably by the new sporting director Frederic Massara, is perhaps not living up to the great expectations of the Pinault family. In any case, Sampaoli, who will arrive with three assistants, but not Samir Nasri as rumor had it a few days ago, will have his work cut out for him during the international break in November. Quite simply because the former OM coach will have to turn around a team which is currently trying to stay in L1, with only one point ahead of the red zone after 11 days of the championship and which remains with two bitter defeats…
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