Stade Rennais thought it had eaten its black bread on the discharge side with the meeting at 10 against 11 from the first day of Ligue 1 against Marseille (success 1-0). In Lorient, aggressiveness in intentions turned red twice. First for the former Brestois Mahdi Camara with a foot too high against Arsène Kouassi, then for Christopher Wooh because of a tackle too supported on Aiyegun Tosin at the entrance to the penalty area, as the last defender. After 10 minutes and four seconds of play, Rennes suffered a double numerical inferiority, whose group of Habib Beye never recovered to undergo a scathing (4-0).
“Aggressiveness is part of what to put in a match”
“Aggressiveness is part of what we have to put in a match, we did not have enough last year, moderate Habib Beye. It is unfortunate for Mahdi (Camara) and Chris (Wooh), because unfortunately, the two red cards are deserved in view of the images. There may be a little clumsiness for Mahdi who removes the foot but the contact means that the red came out directly. And then Chris is the last defender, so the rule is applied. »»
For Olivier Pants, there was another reason than the regulations to explain the judgment of referee Jérôme Brisard. “If we had the possibility of being in double numerical superiority, it is because the start of the match was very good,” pointed the Lorient technician. These expulsions may have arrived because we put this team under pressure to make him make mistakes. »»
Fair-Play, the Bretillian coach was still in emotion after a meeting, where his players lost foot around the break in this context. “It is difficult to analyze because we take the first box at the fifth and the second in the eleventh, sighed Habib Beye. From the moment we are at 9, this is a match that we no longer master, when we can no longer have any grip on anything. And, despite everything, we have the 1-0 ball with a superb strike from Seko (Fofana on the crossbar, 21 ‘). We must be able to go as far as half-time at 0-0 and I think that the 1-0 at halftime puts us a blow on our heads. It is hard to leave and we still take a goal at 47th minute, so, behind, it becomes complicated for my players. »»
“We have lost a little belief”
The Rennes fell in the face of the assaults of the Lorientais who did not ask for so much. Attitudes did not deactor. With two additional balloons to get in the back of the net, the Bretillians could not raise their heads, if not by Seko Fofana. “Reproving the state of mind to my boys is difficult in a situation like this, but there were errors that were made and which allowed Lorient for putting four goals,” said the Rennais coach. We have lost a little belief. Today, the entry of Djaoui Cissé is not sufficient, but it is difficult for a young player to enter this situation. »»
Will this fifth loss of rank against the Merlus will leave traces with the Rennes? “It will not be difficult to put it back in it, because the situation of the red boxes leads to what the group takes its responsibilities,” according to Habib Beye. And that will go through a reaction to Angers.
