Stade Rennais faces Panathinaikos this Thursday in the Europa League (6:45 p.m.). Here is all the essential information on this match.
Rennes is up against the wall. Despite a first place in the standings of its group in the Europa League, the Breton club must regain confidence after several insufficient performances in Ligue 1. Bruno Genesio clearly expects a burst of pride from his men, galvanized by the smell of the cup of Europe two weeks ago against Panathinaikos (2-1).
“ I have a speech, it must be supported and relayed by the players who have this legitimacy, explained the technician before this second round against the Greek team. I took two examples this week with some of my players, it was the match at Panathinaikos where an event happened which, I think, brought a kind of revolt and solidarity in my team. The second is here against Nantes. We are at 1-1, we have a fairly complicated start to the 2nd half. There is an altercation between Bourigeaud and Moutoussamy which wakes everyone up a little. Sometimes that’s what having character is. Doing that every game is not normal, but every now and then it’s what we need.”
“I have an extraordinary group with very good players and men who are at the top whether it is those who play or those who do not play,” continued Genesio. They are very respectful. The group lives well, works well, gets along well. But it doesn’t always have to be me who’s freaking out. Sometimes it has to come from them.” The speech is clear. And the actions are expected. For this clash against Pana, Rennes, deprived of Steve Mandanda, hopes to definitively remove its doubts.
The expected compositions
Rennes : Gallon – Assignon, Omari, Belocian, Truffert – Bourigeaud, Matic, Le Fee, Terrier – Blas, Gouiri.
Panathinaikos : Brignoli – Vagiannidis, Schenkeveld, Jedvaj, Mladenovic – Cerin, Arao, Mancini, Djuricic, Bernard – Sporar.
Where to watch the game ?
This Europa League match between Rennes and Panathinaikos will be broadcast this Thursday on RMC Sport, from 6:45 p.m. It will also be possible to watch it on the RMC group’s streaming platform.
