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.
With all the hoopla surrounding today’s Uefa Super Cup Final between Manchester United (Champions League Winner) and Zenit St. Petersburg (Uefa Cup Holders) on Fox Soccer Channel at 11.30am (West Coast), the 2008/09 Uefa Cup First Round draw might have gotten lost in the shuffle.
And while every team’s am is to get to the final at Instanbul’s Sukru Saracoglu Stadium on May 20th, pushing through the first home (September 18th) and away leg (October 2nd) will be the first test.
Some of the more interesting pairings are after the Jump….
What an absolute bust by Grenoble’s Akrour. You just can’t do anything about that.
Great PK save by Douchez to keep Rennes in the match.
I headed out to The Ranch to meet up and celebrate my boy Andy’s B-day.
That’s Andy with the yellow reservoir tip on and it was also the last night in Cali for Carlos Bocanegra (white shirt) as he’s heading out tomorrow for pre-season with Rennes FC.
