Steve Mandanda may have made an “own goal assist” for the last match of his career! At 39, the former OM captain is no longer part of the plans of Stade Rennais, now coached by Jorge Sampaoli, and his club thought it had finalized the arrival of Brice Samba for 15 million euros a few years ago. days. RC Lens finally canceled the transfer of the French international on Friday, unhappy with the behavior of the leaders of the Rouge et Noir. A new soap opera in Ligue 1.
In any case, Mandanda, who fully contributed to Rennes’ poor first part of the season, will be replaced in Rennes’ eleven. In the meantime, the 2018 world champion started during the first meeting of the 16th day of Ligue 1 on the field of OGC Nice. To offer an incredible blunder which enraged Breton supporters. On a recovery phase, “Il Fenomeno” tried to find a teammate full axis and the ball arrived directly at Sofiane Diop, who scored with a cross shot (34th).
Mandanda revives the Nice
The former French international really weighed down his team. The Niçois opened the scoring with Evann Guessand, launched over the Rennes defense by Tanguy Ndombele (12th), before the strong equalizer from Arnaud Kalimuendo (27th). But Diop, on the offer from Mandanda, therefore gave the advantage back to Franck Haise’s Aiglons and the residents of Allianz Riviera made the break in added time of the first period, the untenable Guessand finding Gaëtan Laborde in front Mandanda’s goal (45th + 5).
OGC Nice would do well by winning, to move up to 4th position in the ranking ahead of the rest of the weekend of the French championship, while SRFC would sink further into the second part of the table.
