Undefeated since mid-December and a draw in Toulouse (0-0, 17th) and seven points from the top 5 in L1, Rennes travels Tuesday evening to Sochaux (N) for the round of 16 of the Coupe de France. For this match, Julien Stéphan will once again be deprived of Jeanuël Belocian (knee) and Fabian Rieder (metatarsal), and the Rennes coach imagines a Sochaux pumped up: “It’s a team that has gone from hope to belief after eliminating Lorient (2-1, January 6) and Reims (2-2, 5-4 on the tabs, 21). We know she’s going to believe it because she’s already done it, and what’s more, having been led. There is also a real enthusiasm in this club compared to what happened last offseason, it is a team which has not lost since November. We are favorites but also on alert, like at Guingamp (L2) (2-0, January 7), like at every meeting. »
