Football: Rennes 3-0 Maccabi Haifa
For their first match of the season in the Europa League, Rennes played against Maccabi Haifa (3-0).
Rennes, starting their 6th consecutive European campaign, produced a convincing performance against a helpless Maccabi Haifa. In a top-class first half, Blas and Truffert scored two splendid goals. Turkey’s Yildirim headed in a decisive goal on his first start.
It was a match to have a click and to remember why the Rennais went after Nemanja Matić this summer: the Serbian was excellent and valuable in the midfield.On the return of the locker room, the few hundred Maccabi fans present in Brittany made the show in parking, but their proteges continued to suffer the law of Red and Black.
Assignon and Doué took their chance and Salah also almost scored a nice recovery, finally missed. The SRFC, seductive, pushed the nail down on a set kick, Bertuğ Yıldırım catapulting his header to the bottom of the net after a corner kicked by captain Benjamin Bourigeaud (3-0, 56′).
The opportunity for the Turkish striker, very interesting in the game, to make presentations with his new audience, conquered by the scenario and the extreme domination of the Bretons. Because the Israelis did not rebel, and Rennes continued to push, while Genesio brought in fresh men, offering a nice ovation to the darling Bourigeaud.
On the pitch, Assignon found the small net and the young Mathis Lambourde did not go far from celebrating his first goal in pro. A walk of health for the Rennais, who take the first place of their group and find the taste of victory after a series of four draws.
