Jean Canesse, Media365, published on Saturday November 30, 2024 at 7:17 p.m.
After three defeats in a row, Rennes returned to victory against Saint-Etienne (5-0). Well helped by the expulsion of Cafaro, the Bretons largely dominated the Greens with an offensive festival.
It was not entirely perfect, despite appearances, but Rennes will obviously be able to be satisfied with it. SATURDAY, for the premiere of Jorge Sampaoli at Roazhon Parkthe SRFC was able to score a card in Ligue 1 but above all to stop the bleeding, after three defeats, by displaying the desire for rebellion called for by its new coach. Beaten in Lille last week (1-0), the Argentinian technician was able to see the work that he (him) will have to accomplish and it is not certain that this very large victory against the promoted Saint-Etienne will not make him change course .
Even if Rennes' domination was evident on Saturday evening, in almost all areas of the game, it was ASSE who proved dangerous first with a post found straight away by Cafaro (17th). The former Rémois, the only player to return to the Saint-Etienne eleven after the victory against Montpellier (1-0), was also a very poorly inspired Green at the end of the first period. On a point-blank shot from Welshman James, the Saint-Etienne winger decided to extend his arm and thus prevented the ball from entering the goal (35th). The consequence was terrible – but logical – for ASSE with a penalty signaled, and transformed by Kalimuendo (1-0, 39th), and a red card addressed to Cafaro (37th).
ASSE has collapsed again
Ten against eleven, Sainté never knew, was never able to recover and Olivier Dall'Oglio's troop, like during the Nice nightmare (8-0), even collapsed again. Blas took the opportunity to double the lead even before half-timeafter a favorable counter and a sublime strike (2-0, 45th + 6), and Gouiri really killed the match by scoring with a beautiful header shortly after returning from the locker room (3-0, 53rd). “We were really helped by this red. We have to take advantage but we must not get excited”, the Algerian striker will also recognize after the match on beIN Sports, Stade Rennais having actually done everything it could to obtain the largest possible score in this favorable context.
Calimuendo thus scored new goals, to register the first hat-trick of his career in L1first with a nice pivot strike from the left (4-0, 61st), then by scoring again from the penalty spot (5-0, 67th), and the Ile-et-Vilaine club was able to taste the joys of victory with the feeling of having given everything. In the ranking, this large and easy success allows Rennes to move ahead of Saint-Etiennefor a small point, and to put the red zone four lengths before the other meetings of the weekend. Matches that the Greens will surely follow closely, leaving Brittany with a sixth defeat in seven trips. A new setback which could push them back into the red zone on Sunday evening.
