Rennes almost stumbled once again against their pet peeve, Stade de Reims, which they had not beaten since 2016. On Saturday April 9, the Rennais however chained a seventh meeting without defeat in the league thanks to their victory , 3-2, at the Auguste-Delaune stadium, on behalf of the 31and day of Ligue 1. The Bretons have thus become the new provisional dolphins of PSG, while waiting to know the result of Marseille (3and) against Montpellier on Sunday.
They were however far from their usual standards on the Reims lawn, showing great excitement at the start of the match but especially in the last quarter of an hour, against an enterprising Stade de Reims. They were at the mercy of an equalizer until the final minutes when they were leading 3-0. Maxime Busi first reduced the gap with a header (3-1, 60and), deceiving the Rennes goalkeeper, Dogan Alemdar, in a mouse hole. Then Jens-Lys Cadjus converted a penalty (3-2, 81and), just three minutes after the one missed by his teammate Moussa Doumbia (78and).
“What is unfortunate is this end of the match, I have the impression that we set ourselves on fireregretted the Breton midfielder Jonas Martin on Prime Video. I don’t know if we slack off, but we gave them little things to get them to come back and we were warm. »
18ᵉ goal in Ligue 1 for Martin Terrier
Fortunately for them, Bruno Génésio’s players had largely taken shelter before and after the break. Second best passer in Ligue 1 (11 assists), Benjamin Bourigeaud turned into a scorer, twice, to tip the game when his team had not shown much before. He first opened the scoring with a header on the reception of a cross from Gaëtan Laborde (1-0, 40and) before doubling the lead with a shot in the area, deflected by Reims defender Wout Faes (2-0, 43and).
On returning from the locker room, Martin Terrier had tripled the stake for Stade Rennes with a curling shot from the right foot (3-0, 58and). He became co-top scorer in Ligue 1 tied with Monegasque Wissam Ben Yedder (18 goals).
9 – Martin Terrier scored 9 goals with Rennes in Ligue 1 in 2022, only Robert Lewandowski (13 with Bayern Munich… https://t.co/i3B7SaZMAt
“The most important thing was to win, we managed to keep this score, it’s very important for the future”, rejoiced Jonas Martin after the meeting. It is also proof of a team that is advancing since it has just taken four points in difficulty, in Nice (1-1) then in Reims.
Marseille will have to react tomorrow, against Montpellier, to regain second place in the standings.