The Greens won this Sunday afternoon on the Stade Rennais pitch.

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Loïc Venance / AFP

At Roazhon Park, Jérôme Gicquel

With only 27.8% of possession, the Saint-Etienne players did not have control of the ball this Sunday afternoon on the lawn of Roazhon Park.

But the statistics are misleading because it is indeed the men of Claude Puel who set out again in the Forez with the three points of victory (0-2).

A success which confirms the return to form of the Greens who, despite their elimination in the Coupe de France on the ground of Sochaux Thursday, have just garnered 10 points out of 12 in the league.

Without falling into euphoria, Claude Puel appreciated “the accomplished match” of his team in Brittany.

"We didn't have possession but we remained solid, trying to exploit any situation," said the Stéphanois coach.

It's an interesting match where we showed solidarity ”.

And efficiency also with only three shots on target but which hit the mark twice.

"A group that is progressing", according to Claude Puel

It is Denis Bouanga, little in success since the start of the season, who unsheathed the first banderilla at the half hour mark by deceiving Alfred Gomis with a cross strike.

Having entered the game a quarter of an hour earlier, Arnaud Nordin then carried the blow in the 70th minute by gaining the upper hand on a Rennes defense with strawberries before adjusting the Senegalese goalkeeper.

"It's been a while since I had not scored, it feels good," said the Stéphane striker, author of his third goal of the season.

For Claude Puel, this success is only justice "There were so many matches where we dominated our subject and where we were not rewarded", underlined the coach of the Greens, proud of the behavior of his troops. .

"We are living a difficult season, we are often in adversity but it is a group which progresses, which does not give up and looks ahead".

Fifteenth in the standings with 29 points on the clock, Saint-Etienne indeed distanced himself from the red zone this Sunday.

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