The Stade Rennais Courier
Match16 Sep 2026
Eliezer Mayenda sends Stade Rennais through
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Eliezer Mayenda obliged against Stade Lavallois. 2‑1 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Stade Rennais.
Match16 Sep 2026
Stade Rennais win it in stoppage time
The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 92th minute. Stade Lavallois will replay every second of the added time for a week.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
A brace, and Eliezer Mayenda takes the afternoon — 8.11
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Eliezer Mayenda provided it, and the 8.11 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
No sign of nerves from Yassir Zabiri at 21 — 7.92
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Yassir Zabiri did not need any: 7.92, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Real improvement from Nordan Mukiele at Stade Rennais
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Nordan Mukiele is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Stade Rennais
Brice Samba was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Words at Stade Rennais training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Yassir Zabiri is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Glen Kamara runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match19 Sep 2026
Yassir Zabiri the difference as Stade Rennais beat RC Strasbourg
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Yassir Zabiri. 2‑1 against RC Strasbourg, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
In brief
- The terraces The crowd has taken to Eliezer Mayenda
- Squad Alidu Seidu gets it from the manager
- Player ratings The referee tires of Valentin Rongier