15th in Ligue 1 on the evening of the 12th day, Stade Rennais did not help its case by losing to Lille (1-0) for the first of Jorge Sampaoli on the Breton bench. The work is immense for the Argentine coach.
The situation is becoming more and more perilous for Stade Rennais, which is now flirting with the red zone. On the evening of the 12th day, the team taken over a fortnight ago by Jorge Sampaoli is only one point ahead of Nantes, the first non-relegation club. Beaten in Lille on Sunday afternoon (1-0), Amine Gouiri's teammates remain on three consecutive defeats in Ligue 1. Their start to the season is cataclysmic and attitudes are quite disastrous and for the first of Jorge Sampaoli on the bench, nothing has changed. An alarming observation for Daniel Riolo, who is starting to wonder if Rennes is not going to keep up the whole season by displaying such a level of play and motivation.
“Sampaoli or not, Rennes for now… my God. Do the players want to play? You can tell me that Rennes must buy players, that the transfer window was done badly. It's hard to argue with him. But does that mean that the sports director who arrived this summer, all fresh and handsome, has made available players who are pipes? I don't believe it” alarmed the editorialist of After Foot on RMC, before continuing about the chaotic situation at Stade Rennais.
Daniel Riolo is merciless with Stade Rennais
“Stéphan has left and Sampaoli is arriving, but it’s not even a construction site in Rennes. It's not the house to be renovated, it's the hole in the ground with the pylons and the big blocks of steel. It's terrible, you want Pinault to go see the players to ask them if they know that they have a contract and a salary. It’s beyond shame, the Rennes players must be ashamed of receiving their salary for being so weak” concluded the journalist, increasingly worried about the situation in Rennes. As for the Breton club, we are banking on Jorge Sampaoli to revive a group in crisis of confidence but also on the winter transfer window to make big changes to the squad. The former OM coach has already requested three to four recruits to try to relaunch the Rennes season.
