Rennes’ second straight defeat, in this case at the Municipal stadium against Toulouse (3-1), eliminated Bruno Génésio’s team from the European places in Ligue 1 on matchday 23 of the tournament, 6 points behind of Lens, who also visited Lyon de Laurent Blanc this Sunday.
Rennes have three defeats in their last four games. Two consecutive losing games pushed him out of the top flight. Toulouse took advantage of the doubts of Génésio’s team to rediscover success and settle in the middle of the standings.
In two minutes, the separating goals of the Brazilian Rafael Ratao and the Moroccan Zakaria Aboukhlal, in the 27′ and 28′, Toulouse put victory on the path that was almost sentenced before the intermission where scored the Dutchman Thijis Dallinga.
Then, in the second half, Rennes pulled one back thanks to an own goal from Anthony Rouault.
Source: La Verdad
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