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November - Winter Break
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Wow, we have picked up some real momentum in the last month or so! Much to my delight, some of our young players are really starting to shine and we are now looking like a real team. Two players I have to mention for their performances in the first half of the season are Wesley Said and Axel Ngando. Wes has started just 4 games and scored 8 goals whilst Ngando has impressed and earned his place in the side - even adding goals to his game in the last month. 4 goals and 5 assists in 13 starts is a great start to his Rennes career for such a young lad.
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Axel is not only one of the first names on the team sheet for us now, but his performances have made him a fixture in the U-21s for France as well. A big future ahead of this lad. Here are the results:
What a month! 7 wins in all competitions puts us 4th in the table (with a game in hand), through to the Quarter-Finals of the Coupe de la Ligue and in the knockout round of the Europa League. A fantastic effort from back to front and a special mention to Ligue 1's Player of the Month Romain Alessandrini who scored a fantastic 6 goals in 3 games over November.
With January coming up, there is always the talk of transfers so we welcome a new signing to the team. Abdoulaye Sane's dissapointing performances in the first team have seen him loaned to Evian TG, so in his place comes 35 year old Ivica Olic on a 6 month contract to help boost our front line and add some experience to a young team. His debut as a sub against Chateauroux was excellent and I hope he can be a useful cog in this side.
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Expect more transfers to be announced over January as we look to strengthen our side further ahead of the summer transfer window. Finally, we drew an away trip to Olympique Lyon in the Quarter-Finals of the CdL and we will play sc Heerenveen in the next round of the Europa League. Here's the table:
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French Under-21s
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No games this month, but big news ahead of the summer's tournament - the group stages have been drawn! And we seem to have drawn the best group.
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Belarus and Czech Republic shouldn't be at the same level as us, whilst we have already shown our qualities against Holland. I am definitely expecting us to win this group but of course in tournament football anything can happen. Should we go on and win in the Czech Republic, it would be just the second time - the first coming all the way back in 1988. A lot to prove, then!
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Wow, we have picked up some real momentum in the last month or so! Much to my delight, some of our young players are really starting to shine and we are now looking like a real team. Two players I have to mention for their performances in the first half of the season are Wesley Said and Axel Ngando. Wes has started just 4 games and scored 8 goals whilst Ngando has impressed and earned his place in the side - even adding goals to his game in the last month. 4 goals and 5 assists in 13 starts is a great start to his Rennes career for such a young lad.
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Axel is not only one of the first names on the team sheet for us now, but his performances have made him a fixture in the U-21s for France as well. A big future ahead of this lad. Here are the results:
Opposition | Comp | Score | GK | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Subs |
Le Havre | L1 | 3:1 | Ochoa | Danze | Jorgensen | Kappelhoff | Mareque | N'Zonzi | Pajot | Ngando | Alessandrini (3) | Ntep | Oliveira | |
Austria Wien | EL | 2:0 | Ochoa | Jorgensen | Young Gwon | Kappelhoff | Farkas (1) | Emerson | Makoun | Doucoure | Feret | Said (1) | Sane | |
Montpellier | L1 | 3:0 | Ochoa | Danze | Jorgensen | Young Gwon | Mareque | N'Zonzi | Makoun | Pajot | Alessandrini (1) | Kusk | Oliveira (1) | Said (1) |
Monaco | L1 | 3:1 | Ochoa | Danze | Jorgensen | Young Gwon | Mareque | N'Zonzi | Pajot | Ngando | Alessandrini | Ntep | Oliveira (2) | Kusk (1) |
Werder Bremen | EL | 2:0 | Ochoa | Danze | Jorgensen | Kappelhoff | Mareque | N'Zonzi | Doucoure | Ngando (1) | Alessandrini (1) | Kusk | Oliveira | |
Chateauroux | CdL | 4:0 | Ochoa | Danze | Jorgensen | Coulibaly | Mareque | N'Zonzi | Pajot | Ngando (1) | Alessandrini (1) | Kusk | Oliveira | Said (2) |
Lens | L1 | 2:0 | Ochoa | Danze | Jorgensen | Kappelhoff | Mareque | N'Zonzi | Pajot | Ngando (1) | Alessandrini | Kusk (1) | Oliveira |
What a month! 7 wins in all competitions puts us 4th in the table (with a game in hand), through to the Quarter-Finals of the Coupe de la Ligue and in the knockout round of the Europa League. A fantastic effort from back to front and a special mention to Ligue 1's Player of the Month Romain Alessandrini who scored a fantastic 6 goals in 3 games over November.
With January coming up, there is always the talk of transfers so we welcome a new signing to the team. Abdoulaye Sane's dissapointing performances in the first team have seen him loaned to Evian TG, so in his place comes 35 year old Ivica Olic on a 6 month contract to help boost our front line and add some experience to a young team. His debut as a sub against Chateauroux was excellent and I hope he can be a useful cog in this side.
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Expect more transfers to be announced over January as we look to strengthen our side further ahead of the summer transfer window. Finally, we drew an away trip to Olympique Lyon in the Quarter-Finals of the CdL and we will play sc Heerenveen in the next round of the Europa League. Here's the table:
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- - - - - - - -
French Under-21s
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No games this month, but big news ahead of the summer's tournament - the group stages have been drawn! And we seem to have drawn the best group.
View attachment 367856
Belarus and Czech Republic shouldn't be at the same level as us, whilst we have already shown our qualities against Holland. I am definitely expecting us to win this group but of course in tournament football anything can happen. Should we go on and win in the Czech Republic, it would be just the second time - the first coming all the way back in 1988. A lot to prove, then!
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