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RENNES. Rennes overcame Milan 3-2 thanks to B. Bourigeaud who scored in the 11th, 54th and 68th minute.
The match was played at the Roazhon Park stadium in Rennes on Thursday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was João Pedro Silva Pinheiro with the support of Bruno Miguel Alves Jesus and Luciano António Gomes Maia. The 4th official was João António Ferreira Gonçalves. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 10.06 degrees Celsius or 50.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Rennes had a strong ball possession 55% while Milan was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Rennes was putting more pressure with 68 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Rennes won the match.
Rennes shot 24 times, 8 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Milan shot 8 times, 5 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Rennes received 1 yellow card (Amine Gouiri). Talking about the opposition, Milan received 2 yellow cards (Mike Maignan and Simon Kjær).
Match Timeline
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Rennes – Formation
Rennes
57'
11', 54', 68'
69'
Rennes started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Julien Stéphan decided to play with the following team: Steve Mandanda , Guéla Doué , Warmed Omari , Arthur Theate , Adrien Truffert , Benjamin Bourigeaud , Baptiste Santamaria , Désiré Doué , Amine Gouiri , Arnaud Kalimuendo and Martin Terrier .
The home team had on the bench: Ludovic Blas , Ibrahim Salah , Gauthier Gallon, Christopher Wooh, Jeanuel Belocian, Djaoui Cisse, Mathis Lambourde, Geoffrey Lembet, Bertuğ Yıldırım , Alidu Seidu and Azor Matusiwa .
Substitutions
Rennes made 5 changes: Baptiste Santamaria for Azor Matusiwa (57′), Guéla Doué for Alidu Seidu (57′), Martin Terrier for Ibrahim Salah (72′), Désiré Doué for Ludovic Blas (71′) and Amine Gouiri for Bertuğ Yıldırım (84′).
Player of the match: Benjamin Bourigeaud
The most impressive player for Rennes was Benjamin Bourigeaud.
His rating is with 3 goals, 57 passes (84% accurate) and 6 key passes. He performed 8 crosses.
Milan – Formation
Milan
Milan started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Stefano Pioli played with: Mike Maignan , Alessandro Florenzi , Simon Kjær , Matteo Gabbia , Theo Hernández , Ismael Bennacer , Tijjani Reijnders , Christian Pulišić , Yunus Musah , Rafael Leão and Luka Jović .
They had on the bench: Olivier Giroud, Noah Okafor , Samuel Chukwueze , Malick Thiaw , Filippo Terracciano , Marco Sportiello, Victor Ehuwa Eletu, Antonio Mirante, Clinton Nsiala, D. Bartesaghi, Yacine Adli and Ruben Loftus-Cheek .
Substitutions
Milan made 5 changes: Christian Pulišić for Samuel Chukwueze (61′), Ismael Bennacer for Ruben Loftus-Cheek (61′), Rafael Leão for Noah Okafor (61′), Yunus Musah for Malick Thiaw (80′) and Alessandro Florenzi for Filippo Terracciano (84′).
Player of the match: Theo Hernández
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Milan was Theo Hernández.
His rating is with 45 passes (80% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 5 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- Rennes – Milan – 3-2
- SC Freiburg – Lens – 3-2
- Toulouse – Benfica – 0-0
- Qarabağ – Sporting Braga – 2-3
- Roma – Feyenoord – 1-1
- Sporting CP – Young Boys – 1-1
- Sparta Praha – Galatasaray – 4-1
- Olympique Marseille – Shakhtar Donetsk – 3-1
