at the end of a disappointing derby, Brest and Rennes part as good friends

The international break is over, the French championship resumes its rights. Four days before the reception of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Germany) for the third day of the Champions League (Wednesday at 6:45 p.m.), which will be followed live on Foot-National, Stade Brestois received Stade Rennais on the occasion of the eighth day of Ligue 1 this Saturday. At the end of an extremely disappointing derby, the two teams neutralized each other (1-1). Shortly before the hour mark, Romain Del Castillo (SB29) opened the scoring with a penalty. At the end of the match, Jota equalized for Rennes (86th).

>> Saint-Étienne – Lens: the meeting can be followed live on Foot-National.

A disappointing first act

At the end of an extremely disappointing start to the match, Stade Brestois 29 got the first opportunity of the match a few minutes before the end of regulation time in the first act. Kenny Lala overflows onto the right end of the Rennes area and sends a back pass to Mahdi Camara, who sees his shot with the flat of his right foot crash into the crossbar of Steve Mandanda, clearly beaten on his left (41st). Rennes’ response arrived four minutes later. Amine Gouiri accelerates down the left flank, leans in a one-two on Ludovic Blas and delivers a curling shot from the right which forces Marco Bizot to relax on his right and make the save (45th).

Jota responds to Del Castillo

Returning from the locker room, Pierre Lees-Melou recovered the ball outside the Rennes area and fired an outstretched shot from the right, deflected, which hit the arm of Azor Matusiwa. As a result, Eric Roy’s men logically obtain a penalty. Mr. Dechepy, referee of the Breton derby, speaks by earpiece with his assistants and validates his initial decision. Romain Del Castillo comes up against Steve Mandanda and fires a powerful, cross shot from the left which hits the underside of the bar. The goalkeeper dived on the wrong side and lost (1-0, 54th). Twenty minutes from the end of regulation time, Arnaud Kalimuendo tests Bizot. The former Parisian fixes Abdoulaye Ndiaye with a hook and delivers a cross shot from the right, to the ground, which the Ty’Zefs goalkeeper stops with his glove (72nd). Finally, the winner of the 2019 Coupe de France equalized a few seconds from the end of the match. Albert Grönbaek brings danger to the edge of 16.50 meters and shifts Arnaud Kalimuendo to the right. The Rennais immediately adjusts a withdrawn cross which finds Jota alone at the far post, the Portuguese throwing himself to put the SRFC back in the match (1-1, 86th). Behind, nothing more will happen and the referee ended the match after seven minutes of added time (90′ +7).