Europe 1 with AFP 11:17 p.m., October 06, 2022

The Rennais won after the suspense against the Ukrainian club thanks to a goal from Désiré Doué in the 88th minute.

A victory that allows them to stay in contact with Fenerbahce in group B of the Europa League.

At the same time, FC Nantes, the other French club which played at the same time lost 2 goals to 0 in Fribourg. 

Still lacking success in attack, Rennes took an option on qualification by winning (2-1) on the wire against Dynamo kyiv Thursday at Roazhon Park, during the 3rd day of the Europa League.

Four years ago, already in C3, Dynamo frustrated Rennes by winning outnumbered (2-1).

Drained of its foreign players and reduced to precarious conditions since the Russian invasion in February, the Ukrainian team found the resources to equalize and only gave in in the final minutes.

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Faced with well-organized Ukrainians in defense, Rennes multiplied the chances from the start of the match, without managing to set the sights.

Ideally served by a nice heel from Flavien Tait, Terrier thus narrowly missed the target (16th).

The Rennes striker, however, found the fault with a strike from the right, after a wide combination with Amine Gouiri (1-0, 23rd).

A liberating goal

Already a scorer against Fenerbahçe on Matchday 1 in Istanbul, Tsyhankov celebrated looking up at the sky, cheered on by the handful of Ukrainian fans and the 250 refugees invited by the club.

“For those who are now defending our country and supporting us, it is very important that we continue to play, and to play well. We are improving their lives a little bit by doing so,” assured the young 24-year-old winger. watch in front of the press.

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Pressed throughout the second period, the Ukrainians thought they could take advantage of the inability of the Rennais to conclude their chances to pocket the point of a draw.

It was finally the very young Désiré Doué, impressive but rarely fair since his entry on the hour mark, who delivered his team by intercepting a bad recovery from the defense to take goalkeeper Denys Boyko on the wrong foot (2 -1, 89th).

Second in their group, tied on points with Fenerbahçe, Bruno Genesio's men await Sunday Nantes, beaten 2-0 in Freiburg, for a much-awaited derby in the league, before returning to kyiv next week in Krakow, where the team play their home matches.