This Saturday, in the rain of Forez, AS Saint-Etienne conceded their first defeat of the season after five days (0-3). The Greens, who lost the leader’s chair yesterday after LOSC’s victory against FC Nantes (2-0), are also overtaken by their opponent of the day and it is rather deserved as Julien Stéphan’s men seemed superior in the game. Analysis.
Tops
Rennes side:
With this team, Julien Stéphan can go to quiet war. Man of the match, author of a headed goal and numerous authoritative interventions (including a manly but correct tackle on Nordin at 0-1), Nayef AGUERD proves match after match that he is a great pick. The Moroccan is supported by the always irreproachable Damien DA SILVA. Behind them, the lining Romain SALIN performs an irreproachable interim. If he almost got a hole in a Mason strike (46 ‘), the Breton n ° 2 often played very high and too tight. Almost as a libero. In the midfield, midfielder Steven NZONZI – Benjamin BOURIGEAUD hurt in the impact, the second even delivering an assist. In front, Romain DEL CASTILLO brought in some percussion and a perfect cross… for a Serhou GUIRASSY with maximum efficiency since his arrival in Ille-et-Vilaine (already 3 goals). Finally, how not to underline the contribution of the bench with the delicious pass from RAPHINHA for the third goal signed by Adrien HUNOU.
Stéphane side:
Even though the Greens saw their streak come to an end against stronger than them, everything is not to be thrown away for Claude Puel. Adil AOUCHICHE, interesting in his percussions during his hour of play, climbs up. Although he was overtaken by Del Castillo on the second goal, Yvann MACON again multiplied the tumbles in his left lane. He even came close to being the source of Arnaud Nordin’s equalizer before the VAR got involved (46 ‘). We will also note the interesting entry of Wesley FOFANA on the right, who no longer seems to suffer too much from his knee alert, even coming back to the boss to delay the 3-0 (78th).
The Flops
Rennes side:
As one might expect Hamari TRAORE had a little trouble swinging to the left to replace an injured Maouassa casserole and an Adrien Truffert affected by the Covid-19. Otherwise, it was pretty consistent. Martin TERRIER was a little less offensively than his partners, but these are the (rare) disappointments of this full match on the Breton side.
Stéphane side:
Defensively, there were complaints about the performance of the Greens. As much in terms of recovery where Zayou YOUSSOUF and Mahdi CAMARA suffered in the face of the intensity of the “Red and Black”, as in the central hinge, Timothée KOLODZIEJCZAK – Harold MOUKOUDI, passive on both goals. In front, Denis BOUANGA did not often make the right choice, harvesting a good situation to open the scoring (20th) with an unwelcome blind cross.