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Laborde brings a nightmare to the Lyon defense
Gaëtan Laborde only missed one goal to sublimate another big performance on his part.
In the 4-3-3 set up by Bruno Genesio, the Rennais striker occupied the front of the attack alone and yet there seemed to be 10 like him, as the number 24 weighed on the Lyon defense.
Forward races, pressing, aerial duels, throw-ins, forward play... Laborde made the Lyonnais dizzy.
He is behind Rennes' first goal by winning his aerial duel against Thiago Mendes and finding an excellent relay with Terrier (10th).
He is also on the third Breton goal thanks to his pressing on Lopes and a recovery of the ball which he passes on to Majer who can score quietly (46th).
Finally he is at the start of the action which brings the last Rennes goal of Martin Terrier,
and even with his back to goal and pressed by a defender he prefers to play forward for Majer rather than playing behind.
A very solid performance from the 27-year-old.
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The Rennes attack is unstoppable
Once again, the offensive line of Rennes will have put its opponents to the trouble.
Seductive for many weeks, the Breton attackers confirmed their excellent season in an important match for the race for the Champions League.
The front three namely Terrier, Laborde and Bourigeaud were decisive.
Bourigeaud scored the first goal on a pass from Terrier (10th).
Laborde presses and recovers the ball before offering it to Majer on Rennes' third goal.
Finally, Terrier scores a magnificent goal with a superb shot in the skylight (49th).
Beyond these three players, the entire offensive animation of the Rouge et Noir was resplendent.
The midfielders, Santamaria and Martin produced play, and the first city even scored (14th).
Majer was very attacking, very fair and a scorer.
At last,
the full-backs constantly brought danger, especially Truffert in the left lane who fined Dubois.
A new huge collective performance from this Breton formation.
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Genesio succeeds in his return to Lyon
The former Olympique coach was waiting for this return and warned that this match "
would be special
“For him, the former Lyonnais house.
Party in the summer of 2019, after an elimination in the Coupe de France against Rennes precisely, was fatal to him a little earlier, Bruno Genesio did not want to miss his return to Lyon.
In front of Lyon supporters who did not hesitate to heckle him when he was in place on the Lyon bench, the 55-year-old technician once again taught his former team a lesson.
The Breton coach renewed the same team as during the defeat at Leicester on Thursday evening (2-0), with one exception, Majer came to replace Doku.
The Croatian midfielder was instrumental in his team's victory with a significant volume of play, a goal scored and an assist delivered.
Seductive,
FLOPS
Thiago Mendes weighs down the Lyon defense
Thiago Mendes completely missed his match.
Replaced in central defense for several weeks, he first lost his duel against Laborde, which created a hole in the Lyon defense and brought the first Breton goal from Bourigeaud (10th).
He also receives a yellow card for protest by claiming a foul on this action.
Then he is completely overtaken by the Rennes attackers.
It is not irreproachable on the third goal of Rennes by carrying out a pass very supported in withdrawal towards Lopes who was pressed by Laborde (46th).
The Brazilian was overtaken this Sunday and it was felt on the Lyon defense which was pierced in the axis.
Thiago Mendes is also replaced at half-time by Peter Bosz.
The usual innkeeper Lopes is holed up
Usually very solid and a player Les Gones can rely on, Lopes had a very bad afternoon against Rennes.
The score of 4-2 is already very heavy and the goalkeeper trained in Lyon was not as solid as usual on Sunday.
He can't do anything about the first two goals from Bourigeaud (11th) and Santamaria (14th) whose strike is blocked by Paqueta.
The Portuguese, on the other hand, misses a first aerial outing to capture a ball poorly cleared by Dubois and is on the verge of registering a CSC.
He catches up in extremis by blocking the ball on the goal line.
At the end of the first half, when Lyon were doing better, he missed his transmission to Lukeba on a back pass from Thiago Mendes.
This allows Majer to mark and kill the last Lyon hopes.