Tops / Flops Krasnodar-Rennes: Cabella did everything for them, the limits of Breton animation

Tops 

Truffert, the good surprise

There will probably remain the very good surprise of this Champions League campaign at Stade Rennais.

The young Adrien Truffert has once again made a very clean copy in Russia.

Efficient in defense, he was a great help on the left flank, the best performer of the Breton team when Camavinga and Doku managed to combine.

The international Espoirs does not have much to be ashamed of this meeting.

Rémy Cabella, the Krasnodar orchestra

Since 2019, he has been enjoying the heyday of Krasnodar, which has entrusted him with the keys of the team.

Rémy Cabella was once again a poison for the Rennes team by multiplying his forays into the surface and very often finding his teammates in small spaces thanks to a precious technique.

A permanent danger.

The public in the stadium

What a pleasure to find the public in a stadium in these difficult times.

A little less than 10,000 spectators were able to attend this meeting finally of good level and rather pleasant to follow with two teams which never closed the game in the cold North-Caucasus (4 ° C at the kick-off).

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Flops 

Hunou struggling

The absence of Guirassy, ​​his injured top scorer, was, as was feared, very detrimental for the Rennes team, which relied on Adrian Hunou at the forefront of the attack.

The under-20 international has not been unworthy, scrambling on the attack front, but he has been served too infrequently.

Mbaye Niang replaced him shortly after the hour mark. The former Milan striker was no more successful.

Rennes offensive animation

During its European campaign, Rennes has constantly tried to create play. The intentions are there, undoubtedly, but the Bretons found themselves facing their limits in a rather poor offensive animation.

Individually, the players are in tune, like a Doku who gave a lot, but who did not often find his fellow attackers, with the exception of Camavinga.

Camavinga not decisive

He was not guaranteed to start but Julien Stephan finally trusted him as he went through a difficult pass.

Eduardo Camavinga touched a lot of balls, transmitted cleanly most of the time in midfield but he did not often manage to accelerate the game as he did wonderfully at the start of the season, nor to break the lines in a defense of Krasnodar extremely well in place.

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