Stade Rennais – Toulouse: Why Tambouret replaced Stéphan late in the week
Released on Thursday, Julien Stéphan was replaced at short notice by Sébastien Tambouret to officiate on the bench against Toulouse on Sunday. Management has reversed this timing.
Sunday's meeting turned into a fiasco for Stade Rennes which was playing under the eyes of its future new coach, Jorge Sampaoli. The Argentinian was present in the stands, officially committed to Rennes on Monday, and was presented this Tuesday at noon. But why did management only dismiss Julien Stéphan the previous Thursday, who led the sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday, before belatedly placing Sébastien Tambouret as interim?
“There has already been the decision to separate from Julien,” goes back Arnaud Pouille. “After Julien, when you pick up the thread, he spoke after the match (against Auxerre, editor’s note) saying “I still have the courage”, engaging things for him. Afterwards, we sat down with Frederic for a certain number of days to say “were the comments related to what was happening in training? The answer was no. In the meantime we were already working, we were preparing for a change, we made the decision on Wednesday, and training took place on Thursday morning. It happened like this. »
