Rennes scores late to edge OFI Crete at home
RENNES, France (Interstat) — Rennes defeated OFI Crete 2-1 Thursday at Roazhon Park after scoring twice in the final 14 minutes. Taxiarchis Fountas gave OFI Crete the lead in the 10th minute, assisted by Nicolaos Athanasiou. Fountas was substituted at the 46th minute. Rennes equalized in the 76th minute through Mahamadou Nagida. Abdelhamid Ait Boudlal then scored the winner in the 90th minute and was shown a yellow card in the 67th. OFI Crete’s Krizmanic and Dickmann received yellow cards in the 41st and 59th minutes, respectively. Rennes midfielder Camara was booked in the 78th. OFI Crete made substitutions in the 46th, 67th, 68th, 80th and 83rd minutes. Rennes made changes in the 67th and 77th minutes. The result moved Rennes to 1-0 in the competition and 2-1 overall. OFI Crete fell to 0-1 in the competition and 0-2 overall. Rennes next plays at Paris FC on Oct. 18.