AS Saint-Etienne : Stade Rennais exports well and slaps Saint-Etienne | ASSE News

On the occasion of the fifth day of Ligue 1, AS Saint-Etienne hosted Stade Rennais in Geoffroy-Guichard. A clash between two teams who had an excellent start to the season. If the Greens were hooked in Nantes (2-2) last Sunday, the Bretons won at Roazhon Park against AS Monaco (2-1) last Friday. To revive the machine, Claude Puel had to deal with the absences of Debuchy and Abi. Neyou and Fofana took their places on the bench at kick-off.

Following after this advertisement

The technician from Saint-Etienne aligned a 4-2-3-1 with the tenures in particular of Youssouf and Moukoudi. On the Rennes side, Julien Stéphan opted for a 4-3-3, Soppy and Del Castillo started the meeting. After a first quarter of an hour which served as an observation round for the two teams, the meeting finally got carried away. Well launched by Aouchiche on the right, Bouanga sped towards the Rennes goal but missed out on the last move (20th). It was not until the 27th to see the first Rennes opportunity of the match.

The Stade Rennais surgical in the last gesture

Well served by Soppy in the box, Del Castillo eliminated his opponent and landed a nice shot well captured by Moulin. Two minutes later, Guirassy again called on Moulin with a heavy strike but the Stéphanois porter was on the lookout (29th). Quite logically, Stade Rennais opened the scoring. On a corner hit by Bourigeaud, Aguerd rose higher than everyone else and adjusted Moulin with his head (0-1, 33 ‘). Upon returning from the locker room, AS Saint-Etienne thought to pick up the score by Nordin but the assistant referee signaled the Stéphanois striker in an offside position (47th).

A turning point in this match since Julien Stéphan’s men made the break. Well shifted to the right, Del Castillo distilled an excellent cross for Guirassy at six meters whose acrobatic volley deceived Moulin (0-2, 53rd). Vexed, the Greens tried to pick up but Kolodziejczak saw his head well captured by Salin (63rd). At the end of the match, Krasso tried to sound the revolt for Saint-Etienne but his strike was well negotiated by Salin (86th). Four minutes later, Stade Rennais delivered the final blow. Well launched by Raphinha, Hunou was ahead of Moulin with a clever lob (0-3, 90th). Thanks to this fourth success of the season, Rennes seized the place of leader of the championship.

Find the film of the match on our live commentary.

Find the Ligue 1 ranking here.