On the fifth matchday of Ligue 1, Rennes narrowly avoided its first defeat at home. Arthur Theate and his team faced a double deficit against Lille after an hour, but eventually turned the situation around. It became 2-2. The Red Devils got a lot of laughs with his post-match interview. He had forgotten for a moment that a draw only yields one point and not two.
Bron: BELGIAN
Leny Yoro (33”) scored the opening goal after a rehearsed number on a free kick from Remy Cabella. On the hour mark, another Lille defender, Bafode Diakite (62”), doubled the score, again from Cabella’s free kick. Fifteen minutes before the whistle, Lorenz Assignon scored the tying goal. Ex-Ghent player Ibrahim Salah (89”) kept the plates in balance after the Belgian Moroccan’s shot deviated onto a Lille leg. Theate was between the lines the entire match. In the interview after the match he was a bit off his rocker. When asked by the interviewer whether this draw felt like a victory, he said no: “but we got two points today and we are satisfied with that.”
On Friday evening, PSG surprisingly lost 2-3 to Nice in the Parc des Princes. In the Ligue 1 standings, Eliot Matazo’s AS Monaco, which will play against Lorient on Sunday afternoon (1 p.m.), remains alone in the lead with 10 points. PSG is third, two points behind the leaders, Lille fifth with one point less than the Parisians and Rennes completes the top six with seven units.
