Reims beat Rennes 2-1 at home in a match in the 34th round of Ligue 1. The match saw goals from Akiyemme and Abdelhamid for Reims, while Rennes got a goal from Fabien Reid. Below, we will recount the match in detail.
At the beginning of the match, both teams showed a strong desire to attack. The deadlock was broken in the 48th minute when Abdelhamid of Reims received a pass from his teammates in the penalty area and calmly scored a penalty to make the score 1-0. After that, both teams exchanged attacks and defenses, but failed to change the score.
The pace of the game picked up going into the second half. In the 80th minute, Reims scored again as Akiyemi received a pass from a teammate in the box and fired a brilliant shot through the Rennes goal to increase the score to 2-0. At this point, Rennes seemed to be panicking a bit as they tried to recover from the defeat by stepping up their offense.
Sure enough, the Rennes had their chances in the closing stages of the game. In the fifth minute of second-half added time, Fabian Reid received a pass from a teammate in the box and calmly scored with a shot, pulling a goal back for the Rennes, but by that point there was little time left on the clock, and the Rennes were unable to recover.
The Lancers' Akiyemme and Abdelhamid were the key to their team's victory in this match. Akiyeme's goal extended his team's advantage, while Abdelhamid's penalty kick score broke the deadlock on the field. In addition, according to the post-game statistics, Reims dominated possession in the game and had more shots and shots on goal than Rennes.
