LIGUE 1 – Strasbourg beats Stade Rennais (2-1) and returns to the podium! – Eurosport EN

Strasbourg realizes the bargain of the evening and rejoins Rennes in the standings. This Wednesday evening, at the Meinau stadium, the Strasbourgeois beat the Rennais (2-1) in a decisive poster for the race for Europe. Habib Diallo and Ludovic Ajorque are the two Alsatian scorers of the evening while Martin Terrier scored his 20th goal for the Bretons. Thanks to this success in an atmosphere of madness, the RCSA goes back to 4th place and has the same number of points (56) as its opponent in the evening. “We will do everything to annoy them, we have the arguments for”. Julien Stéphan had warned in a pre-match press conference and his players agreed with him. Quickly, in a meeting with a European flavor and in an atmosphere of great evenings at La Meinau, the Strasbourgeois made the Rennais doubt. From the 4th minute, on the first opportunity of the match, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde took advantage of a bad Breton dismissal to put the ball back in the area, Habib Diallo, alone at the penalty spot, benefited and adjusted Dogan Alemdar thanks with a flat left foot.Ligue 1Two jokers and “comfort”: OM are on the highway3 HOURS AGORennes tried to impose their gameFollowing this opener, Stade Rennais decided to set foot on the ball and lined up long possessions against a low and compact Alsatian block. If Flavien Tait performed a nice solo number before hitting the crossbar (10th) and Martin Terrier alerted Mats Sels (27th), Bruno Génésio’s men, never winners after being led in L1 this season (two draws, eleven defeats) seemed powerless and lacking a solution against the well-grouped Strasbourg residents throughout the first period. In a very calm start to the second act, Stade Rennais ended up finding the solution. Found on the right, Hamari Traoré served Martin Terrier at the entrance to the Alsatian surface, who took advantage of the space left by Alexander Djiku to control with his left foot in order to get the ball back in front of him and follow up with a strikes with the kick of the right foot, helped by the post to deceive Sels (54th). Tenth assist for Traoré, twentieth goal for Terrier, Stade Rennais was revived thanks to its strong men. Pushed by Meinau, RCSA triumphed But in a Meinau stadium with a special atmosphere, Strasbourg quickly raised their heads . Julien Stéphan’s players went forward and repeatedly annoyed Alemdar, a young 19-year-old goalkeeper acting in the absence of Gelin and Gomis. The heel of Ludovic Ajorque (63rd), the post of Gerzino Nyamsi (66th) and the crossbar of Kevin Gameiro shortly after his entry (71st) again made the Rennais doubt. Finally, in the 77th, on a cross de Gameiro, Ajorque, silent in the last two matches, headed in and offered an oh so important success for the RCSA (2-1) which allowed them to move up to fourth place in the standings and score as many points as his evening opponent (56). If they still have to face LOSC, PSG and OM, they proved it this Wednesday evening, the Strasbourg residents have arguments in this race for Europe. Ligue 1 Mbappé’s palette, Payet’s revenge and additional time: the tops and flops of matchday 334 HOURS AGOLigue 1Navas on his “complicated situation”: “That has to change”4 HOURS AGO