At the end of the international break, Stade Rennais will travel to Strasbourg as a credible candidate for European places. Its victory against OM revived it, bringing the Breton club four points closer to fifth place occupied by OGC Nice, while Julien Stéphan’s team remained on a series of three unsuccessful matches, the fault of poorly negotiated ends of matches, notably in Lille (2-2).
But it was above all the draw (1-1) in Paris which left its mark, and a form of bitterness. “It’s not a criticism, but we still have two points taken away from us at the Parc, we must not lie to ourselves,” said Belgian international defender Arthur Theate, this Sunday on RMC, in Intégrale Foot.
“A penalty for the big teams”
The Bretons could have achieved a big blow at the Parc, but they ended up cracking on a penalty from Gonçalo Ramos, following a questionable foul by Steve Mandanda on the Portuguese striker. For Theate, there is no doubt, the decision of the referee, Mr Bastien Dechepy, was not the right one. “Afterwards, I will always preach for my parish but hey… for me it is clear, there is no penalty.”
The controversial decision of the main referee animated the end of the match, Julien Stéphan criticizing “a penalty for the big teams”. The Stade Rennais coach admitted two days later that this penalty had “very frustrated” his team, “because it is incomprehensible”. By chance of the draw, Rennes and Paris Saint-Germain will meet in the semi-final of the Coupe de France on Wednesday April 3. For a revenge that smells like powder.
Original article published on RMC Sport
2024-03-25 01:05:00
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