Stade Rennais beat FC Metz on Sunday 6-1 at Roazhon Park and took the Ligue 1 podium.
During the next meeting, Bruno Genesio's players will travel to Nice for a crucial match for the European places.
But also for the podium.
Rennes side, we refuse to ignite.
But many football observers praise the collective qualities of the workforce.
They did not seem very affected by their elimination against Leicester.
A few minutes after the sinking of PSG in Monaco, Stade Rennais reminded France who was the sexiest team in this championship.
By passing six goals to FC Metz (6-1 victory) on Sunday, Bruno Genesio's players grabbed three points from the Parisian leader.
Seeing the Rennes demonstration, PSG was undoubtedly pleased to have taken the lead at the start of the season so as not to be too threatened by the first team to have beaten it this season.
Thanks to a great start to the season, this sad PSG still has a twelve-point lead in Ligue 1 over OM, who regained second place thanks to their success against Nice.
With nine days to go, the fight for the podium promises to be fierce.
But we are going to put our feet in the dish.
This Rennes team is such an advertisement for French football that it has to finish among the top three.
France demands it.
#PSG and #SRFC symbolize perfectly, in the extreme, the two footballs of our championship.
The one we hate, individualistic, capricious, dispassionate.
And the one we love, collective, playful, exciting, passionate and above all deeply human.
#SRFCFCM #ASMPSG https://t.co/iqGLV2Vuz8
— Thomas Pinaroli 🎙 (@Thomas_Pinaroli) March 20, 2022
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Let's not take social media as a reflection of what this country thinks.
But all the same.
Sunday afternoon, Twitter, Insta and company saw a shower of messages from French supporters welcoming the Rennes demonstration.
Let's not take the Roazhon Park press box as a reflection of what the media in this country thinks either.
But all the same.
At half-time of a meeting where the SRFC was already leading 3-0, the tongues of local journalists were racing (so to speak, huh, calm down) for this ultra-offensive champagne football.
“How many points are they from Paris?
“, we heard in the bays of the stadium.
The answer hurts: 13. Passing six goals for the third time this season (that stat!),
the Bretons achieved the feat of overtaking the Parisians in the ranking of the best attack in Ligue 1 with 63 goals scored in 29 games.
Forget Mbappé, Neymar and Messi, make way for Terrier, Laborde and Guirassy.
Mbappé observed the weekend well and made his choice for next season: it will be Rennes
— Fédé 🇫🇷 de la Lose (@FFLose) March 20, 2022
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In the mixed zone, the Rennes players could not escape the question.
By settling on the podium, the Rouge et Noir undoubtedly dream of staying there.
But they dare not talk about it.
“I'm not going to tell you if we're going to finish on the podium.
It's too hard for me to tell you that.
We are not doing the calculations now.
Our goal is to go as far as possible, but there are still a lot of games left.
We have to focus on us,” warns Flavien Tait.
The midfielder was huge on Sunday, having been sidelined for two and a half months with an adductor injury.
With Lovro Majer, Benjamin Bourigeaud and Martin Terrier, he shone and made the overwhelmed Messins dizzy.
“We are almost with our eyes closed, we have to keep this cohesion.
I hope we will have a good end to the season.
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"6-1, it's dirty, it hurts"
After martyring OL, coach Bruno Genesio also impressed the Metz bench.
“By studying them, I found a complete, generous team.
I salute the work of Genesio.
He took it to his head when he was in Lyon, ”welcomed Benoît Tavenot, Frédéric Antonetti's assistant.
Before recognizing: "6-1, it's dirty, it hurts".
In a press conference, the former OL coach was asked about "the road mapped out" towards second place in the championship.
But it did not ignite.
“A mapped out route does not exist in football.
There are nine games left.
We will have many confrontations with direct competitors.
We know that the slightest relaxation can be very expensive, ”warned Pep Genesio.
After the international break, the Rennais will travel to Nice to face a direct competitor on the podium.
But the Breton workforce hammers its usual speech.
“The club's objective is to be European at the end of the season.
Afterwards, we'll see,” slipped Martin Terrier, author of a double and who is hot on the heels of Wissam Ben Yedder in the ranking of top scorers.
By the end of the season, the Rennais will play Nice, Monaco, Nantes and Strasbourg before receiving Marseille for the penultimate day and going to Lille to conclude this season.
Advantage for the Bretons: they only have the championship to play for, unlike OM who are still involved in the Europa League Conference.
And in Nice, which is preparing its Coupe de France final against Nantes.
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