Martin Terrier delivered a great match on Saturday night against his former club Olympique Lyonnais.

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  • Stade Rennais conceded the draw on Saturday night (2-2) against Olympique Lyonnais after a very pleasant match that they dominated for a long time.

  • Coach Julien Stéphan had decided to start Martin Terrier at the top, he who was not very successful on his left side.

  • Carried by the in-depth appeals of his striker and his midfielder with three or even four players, Rennes should have won and left frustrated.

    But wants to learn from it.

At Roazhon Park.

We will be honest and frank (for once).

We had not thought of this possibility.

We saw her hanging out on Twitter before heading to the icy Roazhon Park and the idea hit us well.

Julien Stéphan had undoubtedly anticipated it a little more than us.

On Saturday evening, the Stade Rennais coach established Martin Terrier at the forefront of his attack to challenge the Lyon leader.

A poker move to revive the old one of the house?

Rather a way to respond to the poor form of his usual center-forward.

Transparent against Nantes on Wednesday, Adrien Hunou gave way to Martin Terrier, preferred to a Mbaye Niang often too static.

Well he took it!

Volunteer, the summer rookie delivered a full game and delivered two assists.

The draw (2-2) conceded against the Lyonnais, however, left a bitter taste to the players of Julien Stéphan, who martyred the leader for seventy-five minutes, before being punished by the genius of Memphis Depay, scorer then passer. decisive.

But this last performance of the first leg foreshadows happy days if Rennes manage to reproduce this kind of performance.

He looked good at the starting 11 concocted by Julien Stéphan to challenge the fittest French team.

By establishing Camavinga alongside Nzonzi and Grenier in the middle, by offering the right wing to young Doku and by arming his left flank with the pugnacious Bourigeaud, the Breton coach opted for a mixture of youth and experience which smelled of the ball. .

“Rennes wanted a lot more than us for an hour.

The quality of the midfield was poorly managed.

With the presence of Bourigeaud (author of the second goal) who played in front but who did not really play in front and played fourth midfielder, that gave them an additional density, ”acknowledged OL coach Rudi Garcia.

In front of such a dense environment, Martin Terrier enjoyed himself, multiplying the calls and playing wonderfully with the other former Lyonnais Clément Grenier, to whom he offered the first goal.

“Martin has the ability to attack depth and that's what I asked him.

He had a classy gesture on Clément's goal.

There is a technical connection between these two players, who feel like football, ”explained Julien Stéphan after the meeting.

Ghostly Hunou against Nantes, Niang really not at the point physically, why not try Terrier in 9?

Against this OL there, impossible to pass to 2 in the middle!

Here is my composition:


Salin Traore Nyamsi Aguerd Truffert Nzonzi Grenier Camavinga Bourigeaud Doku Terrier ... #SRFCOL pic.twitter.com/R9ga9dMHXI

- AnthoRoazhon (@AnthoDelamaire) January 9, 2021

But it was not only the presence of Martin Terrier at the forefront that transformed the Rennes, harmless four days earlier in Nantes.

It is an entire organization that has undermined the leader of Ligue 1 and his reputed midfielder Aouar, Paqueta, Thiago Mendes.

For seventy-five minutes, the Bretons marched on their opponent in the evening, even going through brilliant streaks of possession of the ball, forcing Anthony Lopes to several decisive parries so that his team did not sink.

"We lack a bit of mischief"

However, he lacked the juice and experience for Rennes to inflict their first defeat on OL since September.

“We did 75 minutes of a very high level.

It had been a long time since they had been moved like that, ”admitted Julien Stéphan, oscillating between satisfaction and frustration.

Captain in the absence of Damien Da Silva, injured, Hamari Traoré drew up the same assessment.

“We are very frustrated.

We played better for seventy-five minutes but we lack a bit of mischief.

We should have negotiated better these last 15 minutes.

It's a good lesson.

I think Lyon has never been so badly handled.

But we are frustrated.

We would have deserved to take the three points, “regretted the side.

Before adding.

“There are lessons to be learned.

It will be useful for the future ”.

I got the wrong channel, am I watching Barcelona or Rennes?

- Le Twittos Du SRFC (@xzregy) January 9, 2021

Stade Rennais ends its first leg in fifth place with 33 points, the same number as last season.

“Last year was a record.

We are on the same path.

I would like us to gain more consistency, ”said Stéphan after the match.

Last season, his team finished third in a league cut in their last games.

With a historic qualification in the Champions League.

The feat will undoubtedly be difficult to reproduce as the level of Ligue 1 seems to have risen.

But with games like the one he delivered on Saturday night, the club can dream of it.

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