But: Del Castillo (54e sp) for Brest // Jota (87e) for Rennes
The return of the king.
Ironically, it was against Rennes, a club he should have joined last winter, that Pierre Lees-Melou made his first start of the season with Brest, after having already played half during the success against Le Havre. Unfortunately for PLM, this first did not have the same result since Brest conceded a draw to Francis-Le Blé in the Breton Derby (1-1).
A generous penalty
Away from the field since last May, Pierre Lees-Melou nevertheless proved that he still had his aggressiveness and his striking power, like his praline from 25 meters which Santamaria deflected for the first time before the leather rebounded on the arm of Matusiwa. Enough to offer a more than generous penalty to Brest and to Del Castillo who does not tremble to open the scoring against his former club (1-0, 54e).
Rennes will always be able to criticize this refereeing decision, the fact remains that Julien Stéphan’s men had not shown much until then in a match which will have long had the same flavor as the draw the day before between Monaco and Lille. Without being flamboyant, Brest could still boast of having possession and the biggest chance of the match with Mahdi Camara’s shot which crashed into Steve Mandanda’s crossbar (41e). Finally, it was after the goal conceded that Rennes slowly woke up. After coming up against Bizot (72e), Arnaud Kalimuendo centers for the Portuguese Jota, who has just entered the game, who only has to push the leather with his crotch (1-1, 87e) to allow Rennes to snatch a draw.
In front of his TV, Martin Terrier, who faces Brest in the Champions League with Leverkusen on Wednesday, had to take notes.
Brest Rennes prediction: Analysis, odds and prediction of the Ligue 1 match
Related News :