Stade Rennais: Sampaoli has a player in his sights before ASSE

After the defeat of Stade Rennais in Lille, 0-1, the coach of the Breton club, Jorge Sampaoli, attacked his Senegalese defender Mikayil Faye.

For his first on the Stade Rennais sidelines, the recently appointed Jorge Sampaoli lost this weekend on the Lille pitch (0-1). And the fiery Argentine did not hide his disappointment at the end of the meeting. During the match, the former Marseille player had already lost his temper, notably against Mikayil Faye. “Substituting at kick-off, the young Senegalese (20 years old) had not yet entered the game when he attracted the wrath of Jorge Sampaoli, annoyed by the time he took to put on his socks when he was to replace Seidu, who was out injured (18th),” notes the sports daily, L’Equipe.

Raised against Faye

» My anger over Faye's return to school? It’s not normal for a player to need so much time to put on his socks,” Sampaoli confirmed to the media. Is this what disturbed the former Barcelona Football Club player? “Once he entered the game, he had difficulty managing the calls behind his back, particularly on Zhegrova's goal (45th). He did not raise his level of play very much after the break, countered here by Bouaddi by delaying to restart (62nd) or committing a grotesque mistake after a missed check (71st)”, adds L'Equipe, to point out the very sluggish entry into play from the Breton defender. Who will perhaps pay for their poor performance against the ASSE Greens, the next visitors to Roazhon Park.