This Saturday, Rennes and Lille faced each other for the 22nd round of the French Championship. At Roazhon Park, the hosts scored in the first minute of the game, but the visitors scored twice in the second half and won by 3-1.
Rennes wasted the opportunity to enter the G4 of Ligue 1 and remained in fifth place in the leaderboard, with 40 points. The team returns to the field next Sunday, against Toulouse, at 9 am (Brasília time), away from home.
Lille, in turn, took sixth place, with 38 points. Your next challenge will be against the Lyonon Wednesday, at 2:15 pm, for the Round of 16 of the French Cup.
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— LOSC (@losclive) February 4, 2023
The game
Rennes needed just 26 seconds to open the scoring. As soon as the ball rolled, the hosts increased their marking and pressed the opponents in their defense field. Lille tried to exchange passes close to their area, but Leny Yoro, 17-year-old defender, missed a domain and Amine Gouiri stole the ball. In front of the goal, the attacker hit the goalkeeper’s exit and opened the scoring.
The hosts almost extended the advantage after 4 minutes. Toko Ekambi finished after a cross to the second post. Halfway there, Gouiri swerved. The ball was going to go into the right corner, but Lucas Chevalier appeared and, even falling to the other side, managed to make an incredible defense with the tip of his foot.
The equalizer came in the 14th minute of the second half. Angel Gomes received it at the entrance to the area and deflected the letter for the arrival of Edo Zhegrova. The attacker hit placed in the right corner and hit a beautiful shot, 1 to 1.
The match was heading towards the end when Lille got the comeback. At 40, Rémy Cabella appeared in the middle of the area after a cross and hit a beautiful first-time finish. In the final stretch, at 50 minutes of the second half, André Gomes received it at the entrance to the area, got rid of the marking twice and hit the lower right corner.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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