Amine Gouiri returned this Friday to the bad period at Stade Rennais in Ligue 1 and to his lack of efficiency in front of goal.
With four defeats in the last five Ligue 1 matches, Stade Rennais is getting dangerously close to the red zone. In front of the Saint-Étienne play-off thanks to a better goal difference, the Breton club is experiencing a real crisis that the arrival of Jorge Sampaoli has not managed to stop. The fault, in particular, is a failing attack with only 24 goals. On the eve of the clash against Monaco at the Louis-II stadium on the 19th day of the season, Amine Gouiri spoke honestly about his bad period.
“What you have to put in your head is to go out on the field to win matches and take points,” the 24-year-old striker tried to remotivate during an interview broadcast on Friday by West France. “It's after the 34th day that we'll see. But we don't put pressure on ourselves, we don't tell ourselves that we have to play for survival or for Europe. It's true that we are in a very limited position, we are aware of it.”
“I am the first disappointed”
On a personal level, too, the 2024-2025 campaign is not really going as planned for the Algerian international. Not at best physically and despite regular playing time (he participated in all Ligue 1 matches), Amine Gouiri has only scored 2 goals in 18 appearances in the league. Targeted by critics, the former Lyon and Nice player prefers to take responsibility.
-“I am the first disappointed, I am someone who is very demanding of myself, because that is what is expected of me,” conceded the Fennecs scorer. “So it's normal that people beat me up. I'm aware of that and I hope to continue working to show what I'm capable of.”
In order to relaunch the Breton attack, Rennes should quickly register the departure of Jota. Arriving this summer from Al-Ittihad, the Portuguese should return to Celtic. The Japanese Kyogo Furuhashi will go the opposite way and leave Glasgow for Rennes during the winter transfer window.
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