AS Saint-Etienne : Guirassy, ​​Salin and Aguerd symbols of “the collective dynamic” of the new leader of the L1 | ASSE News

All the rage of Serhou Guirassy after his new goal scored this Saturday in the Cauldron. JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK – AFP

  • Stade Rennais has just made an impression this Saturday by clearly winning (0-3) in an ASSE, until then leader and undefeated in Ligue 1.
  • This almost controlled success from start to finish further highlighted the fine performances of three little-known players in the squad, namely the usual keeper replacing Romain Salin and two of the rookies Serhou Guirassy and Nayef Aguerd.
  • Particularly thanks to them, the Bretons are sure to be the new leader of the championship at the end of the weekend.

At the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium,

“The ranking is anecdotal, but not our performance. “Julien Stéphan had this clever formula, this Saturday, to qualify
the wide success (0-3) of his team in Saint-Etienne, synonymous with first place in Ligue 1 after five days. A new status which could be brought to last as a quiet force emerges from this
Ruthless Stade Rennais against a hitherto undefeated ASSE. Through this brilliant success in the Cauldron, 20 minutes retains three symbolic players of “the collective dynamic engaged” dear to Julien Stéphan.

Serhou Guirassy, ​​more than a finisher

For the past two years, Stade Rennais’s offensive performance has been extremely dependent on the faltering efficiency of M’Baye Niang (29 goals in 81 games). By recruiting this summer for 15 million euros Serhou Guirassy (24 years old), the Breton club has been able to correct the shooting on the transfer window. Because the former Amiens center forward managed a convincing start to the season, with the added bonus of a third goal scored this Saturday (after his double in Nîmes) in a gesture as spectacular as it was effective in Sainté (0-2, 53rd).

“Serhou works a lot for the collective, he is extremely generous and he was rewarded today with a nice goal, praises Julien Stéphan. It’s not just his goal, he’s got everything he does for the others: the calls, the defensive efforts, his body play which allowed him to cause a lot of fouls in the first half. It’s a full game for him. “

Romain Salin, more than just an understudy

The long episodes of the enormous transfer from Edouard Mendy to Chelsea could very well have disrupted Stade Rennais since the resumption, and in particular Romain Salin (36), holder since the second day of Ligue 1. For the first clean-sheet Breton of the season, Saturday in the Forez, the former lining of the Senegalese goalkeeper was impeccable, especially in his reading of the game. “Bravo to Romain for the depth management, he was perfect on that”, summarizes Julien Stéphan, aware that his protégé played the Manuel Neuer by cutting a good number of openings distilled in the back of his defense.

Asked about the prospect of not looking at all costs for a number 1 goalkeeper given Romain Salin’s performance this season, the Rennes coach was teasing: “I’m surprised you are surprised by his performance. Romain has been in the professional world for a very long time, especially at Sporting Portugal, and he is a very good goalkeeper, who also has an important role in the dressing room. However, it is certain that Stade Rennais will move to this position by October 5. “It is essential for us to replace the departure of Edouard, recalls Julien Stéphan. We will have an extra goalkeeper by the end of the transfer window, and then the best will play. “

Nayef Aguerd, more than a defender

There is Sehrou Guirassy in front but there is also Nayef Aguerd behind. Author of a supersonic adaptation at Stade Rennais, the ex-Dijonnais is 24 years old in full success. Very solid and serene defensively this Saturday, the Moroccan international also unlocked the game against ASSE with a real header from a center forward (0-1, 33 ‘). His debut is therefore remarkable to say the least, especially since he had already scored in Nîmes. “Our association is going very well,” confirms his partner Damien Da Silva. Nayef is a very open person and we talked a lot together from the moment he arrived. “As with the emergence of Romain Salin, should the Rennes club recruit at all costs by October 5, given the complicity of its new central axis?

“There were the departures of Joris Gnagnon and Jérémy Morel so we are missing another central defender, says Julien Stéphan. Competition is our leitmotif, it is competition that will move everyone forward. »An opinion shared by Damien Da Silva himself : “It’s necessary, we will play
the Champions League, a very high level competition that will take a lot of physical and mental energy. An additional defender can do us good. The club is growing so there is bound to be a lot of competition in this team. “And no doubt she will be boosted by the desire to keep this new Ligue 1 leader’s chair as long as possible.



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