The sadness of the Rennais, beaten Friday evening on their ground by the Girondins de Bordeaux.

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At Roazhon Park,

But where is Stade Rennais at the start of the season?

We wonder, given the poor performance delivered Friday night by the men of Julien Stéphan, beaten on their ground by the Girondins de Bordeaux (0-1).

The time is not yet for the crisis.

But the bad patch continues for the Bretons who have recorded only one victory in their last nine games in all competitions.

"I'm a little worried, obviously," admitted coach Julien Stéphan at the end of the meeting, pointing to "too great a difference between the collective impression of the start of the season and what we produce in this moment ".

Against the Girondins, it is an understatement to say that the Rennais lacked a lot of things, without any idea in the game, without collective strength and without character.

“It's an insufficient and disappointing match in many areas,” said Julien Stéphan.

Hatem Ben Arfa punished his former club

So certainly his team still lacked success, touching for the eleventh time this season the amounts with a strike from Del Castillo on the bar and a shot from Doku on the post.

“But when it repeats itself, it is not a coincidence”, underlined the Rennes coach.

The Bordelais only needed an opportunity to open the scoring with a flash signed Hatem Ben Arfa who crucified his former club just before half-time following a superb sequence.

7 - Hatem Ben Arfa has scored 7 goals against Rennes in his Ligue 1 career, at least 3 more than against any other opponent he has faced in the top flight.

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In the hard for two months, Stade Rennais will therefore have to roll up their sleeves to quickly regain collective strength.

"Without that, we are a lambda team," said Julien Stéphan.

Tuesday, however, it is a team that has nothing lambda that will appear at Roazhon Park.

In this case Chelsea, which will tumble with its stars and its workforce cut out for the Champions League.

"It's going to be tough but we showed great things in the first leg and we played as a team," said captain Damien Da Silva, who thinks Tuesday's meeting can be "a click".

On condition of course to "let go of the horses".

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