C3-C4: Rennes succeeds, Monaco and Nantes sink steeply
Apart from Rennes’ victory against Dynamo kyiv, all the French clubs competing in European competitions lost on Thursday 13 October.
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Sevening of disappointments for French clubs, Thursday, October 13, with the shipwrecks of Monaco and Nantes in the Europa League, the defeat of Nice in the Europa League Conference, a balance sheet slightly offset by the victory of Rennes against Dynamo kyiv (1-0 ), during the 4e daytime.
Only Stade Rennes ignores the course and supports the team the rhythm of the Turkish Fenerbahçe who is only ahead of them on goal difference (+ 4 against + 3) at the top of group B. The two teams will be opposed on Thursday, October 27 in Turkey during the fifth day. They are guaranteed to finish at worst in second place, qualifying for a C3-C1 jump-off. In Krakow, where Dynamo are playing due to the war in Ukraine, the only goal of the match was scored by Christopher Wooh (48e). In the first leg, a week ago, Rennes had already won 2-1 against Dynamo, who recorded their fourth defeat in a row in this C3 on Thursday.
Disaster scenario, on the other hand, at Beaujoire, where nothing is going right for the team of Antoine Kombouaré, outclassed by the second in the Bundesliga. Adrift in the championship (19ᵉs and penultimate), the Canaries, already dominated 2-0 a week ago in Germany, this time sank in front of their public. Taking advantage of the largesse of the opposing defense, the Germans walked around and scored four goals by Lukas Kubler (26e), Michael Gregoritsch (71e), Kevin Schade (82e) and Jeong Woo-yeong (87e). Nantes (3 points) is third in its group, four lengths behind Qarabag (2ᵉ) and nine behind Fribourg, to whom the round of 16 are reaching out.
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Monaco humiliated
In the evening, in Trabzon, AS Monaco, unrecognizable, was humiliated. The opener will be the joy of video-gags: Monaco’s German goalkeeper, Alexander Nübel, missed his kick clearance and the ball bounced off his defender Malang Sarr before entering the goal. What followed was only going to be a long ordeal for Monaco, which conceded three more goals from Brazilian Victor Hugo with a header (48e), by Enis Bardhi on a free kick (57e) and by the Egyptian Trezeguet (69e). With six points like their opponent of the day, Monaco (3ᵉ) can still hope to qualify, the leader Ferencvaros being only three lengths away.
For its part, AS Roma of José Mourinho reported a draw for Sevilla against Betis (1-1) which allows him to still believe in a possible qualification for the eighth. Two days from the end, Betis still remains firmly in first place with ten points. In Norway, on the ground of Bodio Glimt, Arsenal, leader of the Premier League, went to consolidate their first place by winning 1-0 thanks to a goal from Bukayo Saka (24e). The Gunners defeated PSV Eindhoven next Thursday, 2e of the group.
Also note the painful victory of Manchester United at home against the modest Cypriot club of Omonia with a goal by Scott McTominay in added time (90e + 3). Manchester United is 2e of his group with three points behind Real Sociedad. In the Europa League Conference, Nice believed to hold the victory after the opener of the score of Sofiane Diop (14e) against FC Slovacko, but the Czechs overturned the match by Michal Tomic (75e) and Petr Reinberk (87e).
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