Rennes faces Reims for the first time on the bench of Julien Stéphan, this Sunday (5:05 p.m.). Here is all the essential information on this match.
To turn things around after a failed start to the season, Stade Rennais is making something new with something old. The Breton club has bet on Julien Stéphan, former coach of the house, to succeed Bruno Genesio on its bench. An exciting mission that Stéphan approaches with a certain freshness.
For his first on the bench in this second term, the new Rennes coach will try to thwart the plans of Reims, a formidable opponent. “ We will try to concede a minimum of opportunities and try to create danger. Afterwards, when we have so little time to work together, we have to prioritize what we have done. The objective is not to give ten different ideas to the players, but two or three essential ones, then they hold the keys“explained Julien Stéphan.
What levers will the technician activate? “ The speech, the individual and collective interviews to establish things, then there is the field which speaks with an applicationhe replied. It’s about trying to have a diagnosis that is as clear and objective as possible, having answers to the problems encountered, and not clouding everything either because very good things have also been done. Then find the small adjustments needed. Often, when there is a change of staff, there is a lot of dynamism and freshness too, because the cards are redistributed somewhere and it generates a lot of intensity in the short training sessions, that’s great, you have to maintain it too”. The stage is set.
The expected compositions
Rennes : Mandanda-Assignon, Wooh, Theate, Truffert – Blas, Bourigeaud, Matic, Le Fée – Kalimuendo, Terrier.
Reims : Diouf – Foket, Agbadou, Okumu, Abdelhamid, De Smet – Munetsi, Teuma, Matusiwa – Ito, O. Diakité.
Where to watch the game ?
This match between Rennes and Reims for the 13th day of Ligue 1 will be broadcast on Canal + Foot, from 5:05 p.m. It will also be possible to watch it on the group’s streaming platform, MyCanal.
