Stade Rennais coach Julien Stéphan hopes to regain collective ambition with the reception of Chelsea on Tuesday in the Champions League.

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  • Stade Rennais welcomes Chelsea on Tuesday for their fourth Champions League match.

  • The dynamic of the two clubs is opposed as the English tread on their opponents and Rennes can no longer.

  • Coach Julien Stéphan calls for calm and waits to find collective virtues.

The "sacred music" of the Champions League will resonate for the second time this Tuesday evening in the empty bays of Roazhon Park.

After conceding a draw against Krasnodar on their turf and then losing to Seville and Chelsea, Stade Rennais receives the Londoners this Tuesday at 6:55 p.m. for a last-ditch meeting.

With one point in three games, against seven for their opponents, Julien Stéphan's men are clearly not favorites.

Especially given their dynamic in the league, where they took only five points in six games.

“We must not panic.

We had a much more complicated period last season, recalls the Breton coach.

We must remain in support of the players, accompany them.

There is quality in the group ”.

Authors of a poor performance against Bordeaux Friday night, his men clearly mark time, after a great start to the season.

Beaten at Stamford Bridge on the first leg, the Rennais had yet shown great collective virtues, which they hope to find on Tuesday.

“We will have to find the basics, solidarity.

I don't think we've lost it, but we need to regain confidence, the team spirit.

That we show more ferocity too.

But we must not erase everything, ”sighs midfielder Benjamin Bourigeaud.

Chelsea and its extraordinary budget

“We are looking for a click, we remain united.

But the solution, we will find it.

If we do not find it tomorrow (this Tuesday), it should not be a drama.

We play Chelsea, who has invested 250 million euros in the transfer market.

We will come looking for content, a collective unity, ”says Stéphan.

Julien Stéphan "After 3 years, you have to ask yourself the right questions and take stock ..." the Rennes coach will take stock of his future at the end of the season.

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Asked about the broadcast of an interview recorded several weeks ago where he left doubt about his future in Rennes, the young coach was sharp.

“I said that after a three-year cycle, you should ask yourself the questions and calmly analyze things at the end of one exercise to see if you have to tackle a second.

We must not look for interpretations where there are none.

It does not mean that I want to leave or that everything is going badly, on the contrary, ”replied Julien Stéphan to extinguish the start of the controversy.

Mendy impresses, Chelsea concrete

Opposite, Blues coach Franck Lampard advances more serene.

Third in the Premier League with an impressive Edouard Mendy since his arrival in England from Rennes, the Blues coach however wanted to put his status as favorite into perspective, believing that he would face "a solid Rennes team", who had delivered "a big performance at Stamford Bridge".

The dynamics of the two teams are however quite opposed.

In their last seven games, the English have conceded just one goal.

And they planted sixteen.

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