Stade Rennais loses its French Cup. Winner in 2019, the Breton club saw its great adventure stopped Thursday evening in the semi-finals on the lawn of the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium. Beaten 2-1 by Saint-Etienne, winner at the last minute thanks to a goal from Ryad Boudebouz, the Red and Black will not keep their title. “The scenario is cruel to take this goal at the last second, but I admit that we did not deliver the match we imagined, reacted Rennes coach Julien Stéphan after the match. Saint-Etienne probably has more deserved that we qualified. We would have preferred to lose this match in other conditions or circumstances. We did not let go notably offensively. “
“Remobilize very quickly”
In the running for a place on the podium in Ligue 1, the players of Stade Rennais, 3rd in the championship, do not intend to lament their fate. “There is to remobilize very quickly because we have a championship match which arrives very quickly Sunday against Montpellier, recalls their coach. It will be necessary to find physical and mental energy. We go out in this way, it is disappointing but in two years we have had a fairly remarkable journey in the Coupe de France and it stops today (Thursday). ” Winner of PSG in the final last year, Rennes had not won a title in 48 years. Before this setback against the Greens, Julien Stéphan was unbeaten in this competition.