Aligned at the forefront of the Rennes attack this Saturday evening, during the heavy defeat (0-5) conceded by his team at the Parc des Princes, Esteban Lepaul tried everything. A permanent threat to Ligue 1 defenses, the former Angevin this time came up against an inspired Marquinhos-Pacho hinge and above all a very tall Matvey Safonov. Indeed, a few seconds before the opening score in Ile-de-France, the 25-year-old striker could have shined without a sparkling save from the Russian. A decisive save to which the Rennes number 9 returned at the microphone of Ligue1+.
“Not to lie to you, when the shot went off and was blocked a little by Pacho, I saw it inside because I didn’t see Safonov, I just heard the sound of the post. I had a little word for him at half-time. We checked each other to congratulate each other. He makes a superb save and on the counter we concede a goal which really hurts us in the first half.”recognized Lepaul at the final whistle.
