By snatching a draw on Saturday night against Lille, Stade Rennais won their ticket to the Europa League next season.
The Rennais have shone in the game this season and shown incredible attacking potential.
Stade Rennais broke its record for points, wins and goals scored.
The series is starting to pick up steam.
For the fifth time in a row, Stade Rennais will play Europe next season.
After the Europa League Conference this year, the Red and Blacks will return to the Europa League, a competition they had already played in 2018/2019 and 2019/2020.
Fourth in the championship at kick-off, Rennes was however very scared on Saturday evening on the lawn of the Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Lille.
For a few minutes, Nice, winner in Reims, virtually passed him.
But in stoppage time, Sehrou Guirassy delivered his own by equalizing with an angry header (2-2).
Guirassy, you're 15 missed goals against Nancy are largely compensated by your 2th part of the season and this last goal OH SO important.
You can leave serenely as a holder in another club.
Atypical but important player.
— FloMo 🔴⚫️🇪🇺🇺🇦 (@_FlorianMaurice) May 21, 2022
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An almost miraculous outcome that Bruno Genesio savored.
"I think it's part of the beautiful emotions that we only experience in football," he said after the meeting.
We went through all the states until the last minute but I think that this draw and this fourth place are well deserved”.
Same story with Florian Maurice, the sports director.
“We are going to play a European Cup next season, he underlined in the mixed zone.
I think it's deserved over the whole season and it would have been a great disappointment to miss it by just a few minutes”.
Incredible attacking potential
In view of the proposed game, this fourth place is actually not stolen.
Because Stade Rennais' season has been a veritable attacking recital with a slew of cards and 82 goals scored, a record in the club's history.
"They really animated this championship with a lot of offensive talent", recognized Jocelyn Gourvennec, the Lille coach.
But this is not the only record broken by the Rennais this season.
With 66 units on the clock, they also set a new record for points in a season in Ligue 1. Ditto for the number of victories with 20 successes this season.
Proof of their incredible attacking potential, the Rennais have also won five times by five goals and scored nine times four or more goals in the league.
King of the show, Rennes has really pleased its supporters this season.
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