Stade Rennais, defeated 2 goals to 0 in Strasbourg on Sunday during the 27th day of Ligue 1, “was lacking in aggressiveness”, lamented its coach, Julien Stéphan, at a press conference. A bad sign three days before a Coupe de France semi-final against Paris SG.
Stéphan also admitted that it was “the least successful match” since he took office and his return to the Rennes bench in November 2023 and that we were going to have to “discuss to find an explanation”, not believing that the problem is tactical. “Very clearly, we have fallen low, very low. We have two days to recover, a match to prepare on Wednesday and another Sunday in Monaco. It will be a very rich and very difficult week but it started very badly,” commented Julien Stéphan.
With the consecutive defeats of Nice against Nantes (1-3) and Lens on Friday at Lille (2-1), “there was a chance to play, but for that, we had to play a match of a different style. We were lacking in dynamism, commitment and aggressiveness, it was a failed match,” continued Stéphan who also castigated his team’s “fragilities” on a mental level.