Like a sign of fate.
While leading in the score from the 23rd minute, the Lyonnais finally conceded three goals from former residents, Martin Terrier and Amine Gouiri, to lose 3-2 in Brittany.
Laurent Blanc therefore misses his first outing on the bench of Les Gones who hoped to take advantage of this new post-Peter Bosz era to return to success after five games without a win.
"He brings us solidity and ensures that everyone is on the move, that we have combined play", evoked Moussa Dembélé at the microphone of Amazon, without hiding his disappointment at the end of the meeting.
Despite a good first period, the #teamOL lost (3-2) to Rennes.#SRFCOL pic.twitter.com/6lGeXcgkFr
— Olympique Lyonnais (@OL) October 16, 2022
Progressively balanced debates
Everything had started rather well for the "President" even if the first big chances of the meeting were Rennes, like this first alert from Amine Gouiri whose acrobatic recovery brushed against Anthony Lopes' cage.
In the process, the Lyon goalkeeper must also work twice in less than five minutes to prevent an opener from Brittany.
It was in this weak time in Lyon that Alexandre Lacazette emerged to take over a cross from Tagliafico with an angry header.
The captain of Les Gones thus scored his fifth goal of the season in Ligue 1.
The visitors then had the opportunity to break through Houssem Aouar but the two strikes from the midfield were respectively off target and then captured by Steve Mandanda.
Laurent Blanc's men were quick to pay for this lack of realism and were penalized by the Bourigeaud-Terrier duo just before half-time.
The former coach of the Girondins de Bordeaux and Paris Saint-Germain makes a first change by bringing in Reine-Adélaïde in place of Corentin Tolisso, injured.
A crazy second half
The second act got off to a flying start and Amine Gouiri took advantage of a slight mess near the Lopes line to strike hard and give the Bretons the advantage in the 47th minute.
Returning from the locker room, the Lyonnais struggled to be dangerous except for this missed strike from Caqueret on the hour mark. Just before giving up his place, Gouiri did not convert a 3-1 ball and it was the inevitable Lacazette which revives the Gones in fox surfaces (2-2, 72nd).
Laurent Blanc capitalizes on this equalizer and makes two changes with the entries of Damien Da Silva and Romain Faivre instead of Jérôme Boateng and Houssem Aouar.
It's too little to shake up the physiognomy of the game, overall to the advantage of Rennes who have the last word thanks to a new head of Martin Terrier.
Next weekend, Laurent Blanc's men will travel to Montpellier, a direct opponent in the soft underbelly of Ligue 1.
