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Chilwell - Werner, full left
If the London opener is signed by right winger Callum Hudson-Odoi (22nd), it is from the left that most of Chelsea's danger came.
A time marked by his inexplicable missed early in the match (4th), Timo Werner took his time before entering his meeting.
So Ben Chilwell took over, doubling in the area on numerous occasions, as on this almost decisive pass for Mason Mount (29th).
In the second half, Werner came back with better intentions, including a header refused for offside (47th).
The German did not hesitate to dezone to leave scope for his friend, who could have given Chelsea the advantage of the head (87th).
It is finally Werner, launched on the left side, who is at the origin of Giroud's goal (90th + 1), after having stumbled on Alfred Gomis.
The self-sacrifice of Serhou Guirassy
Serhou Guirassy has honored his status as the only goalscorer for Stade Rennais in the Champions League.
Hard to the wrong, the Breton center forward delivered a very big physical duel to Kurt Zouma, when he was not unbalanced by Thiago Silva as at the end of the first half.
He never gave up, despite attempts which found Edouard Mendy on their way (38th, 73rd).
Long impassable, the former Rennes goalkeeper finally had to bow to a header from Guirassy, strangely alone in the box when he took the corner from Bourigeaud (85 ').
Thus, the Rennes rookie puts an end to a shortage of more than a month while his goal went back to… the reception of Krasnodar on the first day (1-1, 20 October).
Benjamin Bourigeaud omnipresent
If Rennes had collected at least one point on Tuesday, Benjamin Bourigeaud would have had his share of credit.
Omnipresent in the Breton midfield, the former Lensois spent his match orienting the game (81% of successful passes), in particular to the right towards Doku and Traoré.
Sometimes around or in the area, he even found himself in a good position on a cross from Doku before being countered (31st).
Placed as a runner in Stéphan's 4-3-3, Bourigeaud also organized the top pressing of his team.
Uneven precision on a free kick (45th) and on a corner eclipsed by his decisive pass for Guirassy (85th).
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FLOPS
Day off for Eduardo Camavinga
The Rennes prodigy who celebrated his 18th birthday in early November was never at the party on Tuesday.
Already in difficulty against Bordeaux, the Rennes number 10 weighed too little in the Rennes environment.
Positioned as a torchbearer, Eduardo Camavinga was too neutral and signed a performance that contrasts with that of his friend Bourigeaud.
His distant strikes from the left (36th, 72nd) but without much conviction are symptomatic of a lackluster performance from the French international, replaced by Clément Grenier (78th), who loses the ball preceding Giroud's goal.
Gerzino Nyamsi, the fatal mistake
For his first match since January 24, Gerzino Nyamsi was called upon to compensate for the package of Nayef Aguerd, ill.
For his first Champions League match, the Breton rock has long contained a very mobile Tammy Abraham.
Sometimes elsewhere, as on this corner unnecessarily conceded (61st), he benefited from the experience of captain Damien Da Silva at his side.
The story could have been beautiful for the Breton by birth, whose head on a corner was saved by Edouard Mendy on his line (74th).
But he took too long to come out on Ziyech at the end of the match before reacting too late on the rejected ball, benefiting Giroud, who did not ask for so much.
Hard learning at the highest level.
Cesar Azpilicueta runs out of rhythm
After four matches on the bench, the Spaniard has regained a place in the eleven and his captain's armband.
If he was not bad, his influence was almost nonexistent on the offensive plan for the Blues, when his left-wing counterpart Ben Chilwell multiplied the offensive surges.
Defensively, the former Marseillais remained serious, perfectly containing James Léa-Siliki then Romain Del Castillo, but found himself in difficulty as soon as Adrien Truffert came to bring the surplus.
He suffered in the duel, as on this header from Da Silva from a corner (41st).
To his credit, he deflects the dangerous free kick from Bourigeaud (45th) with his head.
He is the symbol of a Chelsea team that is doing without glory in Brittany.
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