US Captain Carlos Bocanegra and Rennes are on to the round of 16 of the Coupe de France to face Saint - Etienne after beating Sochaux 1 - 0.
Carlos Bocanegra and Rennes draw against Nantes has them sitting just three points behind Ligue 1 leaders Lyon.
Carlos Bocanegra and Rennes continue their climb up the Ligue 1 table after a beating Paris St. Germain at home, taking them into 2nd place while 1st place Lyon only managed a 0 - 0 draw against bottom of the table Valenciennes at home.
Next match for Rennes is on the road against 11th place Caen, December 6th.
Carlos Bocanegra and Rennes up to 3rd place with the win, a point behind Marseille and 8 points behind Ligue 1 leaders Lyon.
The win takes Rennes into 6th place with 19 points, just 5 behind Ligue1 leaders Lyon.
Bocanegra went to full 9o, picking up a yellow in the 16th minute.
Wow… impressive 3 - nil win over league leaders with 19ts, Lyon.
Nicolas Douchez, Patrice Luzi – Carlos Bocanegra, Rod Fanni, Lucien Aubey, Kader Mangane, Bira Dembele, Elderson Echiejile – Stéphane Mbia, Prince Oniangue, Olivier Thomert, Romain Danzé, Fabien Lemoine – Sylvain Wiltord, Mickaël Pagis, Jimmy Briand, Moussa Sow, Jires Kembo Ekoko.
The win puts Rennes in a tie for 7th place with 10 points, 9 pts behind leaders Lyon who they’ll face next week.
With scoring the all important away goal in a 2 - 1 loss last week, Rennes came back and got the 2 - nil result at home that puts them through to face the Freaky, Deeky Dutch side FC Twente.
