Tops
Recruited this summer to bring his experience, the Serbian midfielder responded in this derby. Very serene with the ball, technically accurate and clever in recovery, the former Chelsea player reigned in the midfield this evening. Even his cunning on several shots benefited his team and made the Nantes team pull away. With Matic at this level, it’s immediately easier for Stade Rennais.
Transparent at the start of the season, the OL-trained striker finally showed some interesting things in support of the Turk Yildirim. Dangerous on several occasions (5 shots), he undermined the Nantes defense with his ball catches and his dribbling in the direction of the game. His performance can still be improved but Gouiri, who decided to defend the colors of the Fennecs of Algeria, seems to have found color again. Encouraging for the future.
Winning coaching from Bruno Genesio. Entering in the 70th minute, the great hope of the training center, Désiré Doué (18 years old), gave Rennes victory on his first ball (74th). Then, his brother Guela (20 years old), right side, obtained the 3-1 penalty transformed by Kalimuendo at the end of added time. Both substitutes at kick-off, the two brothers seized their chance perfectly to win this derby. Gifted parents can be proud!
Flops
2nd top scorer in Ligue 1 (5 goals) behind Kylian Mbappé, the Egyptian was expected to be Nantes’ offensive leader. He ultimately missed his game, touching very few balls despite his efforts. Worse, number 31 of the Canaries saw red after a bloodbath as astonishing as it was useless. No chances and two yellow cards for protest, that’s Mohamed’s game this evening. Insufficient and regrettable since he will miss, at the very least, the next Canaries meeting in Strasbourg next Friday.
Little worried throughout the game, Steve Mandanda was impeccable during his interventions. But the French goalkeeper made a recovery error, shared with his defender Warmed Omari, during the Nantes equalizer. Guilty of too risky a restart, the former Marseillais put his partner, surprised by Mollet’s pressing, in difficulty. Chirivella took the opportunity to equalize just before the break. Ultimately, this clumsiness had no impact on Rennes’ victory, but be careful all the same. On the Villarreal pitch on Thursday in the Europa League, this type of gift could have more serious consequences.
Authors of a solid collective performance, the Canaries may regret their very poor second period offensively. Apart from a huge equalizing opportunity for Sissoko, Pierre Aristouy’s players failed to sufficiently endanger their rival. Very good in the first half, Mollet faded away as the minutes passed before coming out, just like the Nigerian Simon. Nantes perhaps wanted to settle for 1-1, the mission failed.
