• Stade Rennais delivered a great score on Sunday evening and corrected Lyon.

  • The meeting marked the reunion between Bruno Genesio and his former club.

  • With this convincing victory, the Rennais continue their good series in the championship and consolidate their 5th place in the standings.

At Roazhon Park,

"I am very happy even if it does not show".

After the recital delivered by his team on Sunday night against OL (4-1), Bruno Genesio could have boasted.

But the Rennes coach was careful not to express his joy at a post-match press conference.

Out of respect of course for his former club where he appreciates "still a lot of people there".

"There is no particular revenge or more intense joy because it was Lyon opposite, it was not Lyon against Genesio", he assured.

29 - Rennes has gleaned 29 points at home in Ligue 1 since Bruno Génésio made his debut with the club on March 10 (9 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss), which is more than any other team over the period.

Roazhon.

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The coach still played a hell of a trick on his favorite club that never saw the light of day on the lawn of Roazhon Park.

For this clash between two candidates for European places, Pep Genesio had decided to make some tactical adjustments by swapping his usual 4-4-2 for a 4-3-3.

"Lyon has a very efficient midfielder and I wanted to densify this sector," he said.

And his plan worked wonderfully.

For 90 minutes, Stade Rennais crushed their opponent, never letting them breathe with very high pressure.

"The perfect match", according to Benjamin Bourigeaud

In a Roazhon Park full to the brim, the Rouge et Noir first came across a burning Anthony Lopes before Gaëtan Laborde found the opening just before half-time with an angry head. “There could have been 4-0 at half-time,” admitted, disappointed, Lyon coach Peter Bosz. Back from the locker room, Hamari Traoré doubled the bet before the young Adrien Truffert got his double at the end of the game, completing the Rennes festival. "We had the perfect match tonight even if we would have liked to avoid this penalty at the very end of the game," said midfielder Benjamin Bourigeaud.

Same satisfaction with Flavien Tait.

“It's our most complete game,” he said.

We put a lot of intensity and we hurt them very much ”.

Saluting the “exceptional state of mind” of his group, Bruno Genesio knew he was capable of such a collective performance.

“We have already played like that, we had already done it against Clermont and in sequence against Paris even if it was much less controlled, said the coach.

But I never imagined that we were able to put them in such difficulty ”.

The recital of Croatian midfielder Lovro Majer

The score was therefore almost perfect for Les Rouge et Noir who also found their maestro in the person of Lovro Majer.

For his first tenure in Ligue 1, the young Croatian midfielder delivered a real recital by always playing fair and delivering caviar to his partners.

"It's easy to play with him, he smacks of football," admitted Benjamin Bourigeaud.

Lovro Majer v Lyon:


- 5 last passes before a shot (highest total)


- 69 balls touched (highest Rennes total)


- 33 passes in the opposing camp (highest total)


- 8 balls recovered (2nd highest total)


- 2 successful crosses in the game (highest total) #SRFC #SRFCOL pic.twitter.com/VyEy5jSzrz

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With this armada, Stade Rennais, which remains on a series of ten games without defeat in all competitions, can therefore aim high in Ligue 1. But here again, Bruno Genesio does not want to ignite.

"There is no point in drawing conclusions which may be denied in a fortnight if we have a bad result here against Montpellier".

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