Félix Correia and Tiago Santos were substitutes used in Lille's 2-0 defeat to Rennes, in this Saturday's match counting for the 17th round of the French League. The task would already be difficult from the start and a divided game was expected, but everything became more complicated after 13 minutes, when Alexsandro saw a direct red card and left the home team playing with one less member. Even so, the score remained zero until half-time and the goals only arrived in the first minutes of the second half. Right after the opening, Frankowski received it from Brassier and put Rennes ahead on the scoreboard, which changed seven minutes later and thanks to Merlin's goal (56 minutes). The Portuguese duo entered midway through the second half and were no longer able to avoid Lille's first defeat in the competition in almost two months. With this result, Rennes has 30 points and is now two behind Lille and Marseille, the first two teams in the Champions League, with Marseille still having to play in this round. Also this Saturday, Nice and Strasbourg did not go beyond a 1-1 draw, in a game in which Tiago Gouveia was a starter for the home team and did not return for the second 45 minutes. At 13, Strasbourg took the lead in the match with a penalty goal from Panichelli and at 54 it was Wahi's turn to fix the final result at 1-1 and extend the number of consecutive games without a win for the visiting team to five.