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Bourguignons
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As the mid-winter gloom lifts over les Rouge et Noir must now deal with the Auxerrois who are finally showing their rich promise. The Bourguignons are coming off a near perfect February that after three victories was capped with a draw to Toulouse. Jean Fernandez has crafted the right mix and made use of the [...]
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Rouge et Noir confidently advance in Coupe de France
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Les Rouge et Noir confidently advance in Coupe de France with a 3-0 victory over Brittany neighbours Lorient. The lorientais revenge for an earlier loss drifted softly into the evening chill as SRFC controlled the match with ease.
Akin to a training ground workout, Mickaël Pagis and Elderson Echiéjilé worked the ball up to Romain Danzé [...]
Category: Team NewsLorientais derby
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The Coupe de France match between les Rouge & Noir and Brittany neighbours Lorient today is marked with a hint of revenge for lorientais.
Falling 2-1 to Rennais just before the holiday break, Christian Gourcuff’s les Merlus are one of the best managed clubs in France, balancing the need of local development with budgetary constraints. However [...]
Category: Team NewsLes Rennais ont du coeur !
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Heart, it is hallmark of a great athlete. The ups and the downs, the trials and tribulations dot a players development and those that can answer the call of adversity are deserving of the highest accolades. As a young player works through their development, they go through countless challenges, each one a building block of [...]
Category: Team Newsune grande source de motivation
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Like life itself, Football clubs go through trials and tribulations. Some will encounter challenges with gusto while others falter and slowly fade away. It is very obvious that within the Football world Olympique Lyonnais not only understands that edict but has rooted itself on crest of the podium. There are no discussions of championships to [...]
Category: Team NewsVictory in the Côte d’Azur
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The long road of growth for SRFC has taken many turns this year. A triumphant unbeaten streak was off-set with a debilitating period where championship hopes dimmed and it appeared that they would remember the year for missed opportunities. Yet with each challenge in the Football, the futures of a club are either solidified or [...]
Category: Team NewsRennais look for winning edge against Niçois
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With the Carnaval de Nice in the backdrop, Stade du Ray will the setting for a match that will go a long way in deciding SRFC’s chances at winning a berth in European competition. For the Rouge & Noir who were flying on the wings of a long unbeaten streak, the previous four matches have [...]
Category: Team Newsesprit d’escalier
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As Rennais approached Saturday’s match against Nancy there were many questions to be answered but oddly many of the true concerns have been a challenge to identify. It is a peculiar twist because while many clubs will suffer through tactical issues or technical weaknesses, there is still the other problem when fortune seems to not [...]
Category: Team Newspreview of Nancy visit of Rouge & Noir
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The Rouge & Noir go forth against Nancy tomorrow in a match that will test Guy Lacombe’s vast managerial skills. The young club’s brilliant run that saw them without a set-back from the third week of the season against Grenoble is now without a win in three successive weeks. The cutting vision of the attack [...]
Category: Team NewsStade Rennais falters in Le Havre
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From Greek mythology, the story of Icarus tells of Daedalus and his son trying to escape from imprisonment by affixing birds feathers to their arms with wax. Ignoring his fathers warning of not flying to close to sun, lest the wax that binds the feathers together will melt, young Icarus soars high only to find [...]
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