Stade Brestois will host FC Nantes this Saturday, May 4, 2024, for the 32nd day of Ligue 1. With three matches remaining in the championship, the Finisterians, assured of a European place next season, are approaching this meeting with “humility” , according to their coach.
After the euphoria of the 5-4 victory in Rennes, at the end of a match where Brest supporters experienced an emotional rollercoaster, Brest kept its feet on the ground and its head on its shoulders. There is no question of relaxing concentration three games before the end of the Ligue 1 championship.
To protect the players, the club even pressed the pause button on media requests. “It’s true that we have never been as exposed as today and I can understand that for some, this media exposure is heavy” notes the coach, Éric Roy, alone at the press conference desk this Thursday, May 2, 2024.
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Currently 3rd in Ligue 1 and guaranteed to be European next season, Stade Brestois is preparing to host Nantes (14th in the standings) on the Le-Blé pitch, this Saturday May 4 at 9 p.m. “Far from its bases, this team is very efficient, underlines the Brest coach. It will be a difficult, complicated match, especially at the end of the season because we all have something to play for, whether we are at the top or bottom of the table. From there, it’s clear that the people of Nantes are not going to come and play tap dances in Finistère. And their coach, who I know well, will make sure to give us some problems.”.
In the Brest group, which will have to do without Julien Le Cardinal, suspended, “everyone is suitable” according to Éric Roy, who however indicates that Lilian Brassier and Pierre Lees-Melou were spared from training this Thursday. “We follow them more carefully, he specifies. We will make the decision when the time comes. We still have 2 days left before the match against Nantes.
The Stade Brestois coach will be absent from the bench: he received a one-match suspension after strongly criticizing the refereeing of the Monaco-Brest match.
Each match is enough for its punishment. Already, we will ensure that we win Nantes
Eric RoyCoach of Stade Brestois
Éric Roy, to whom the supporters now dedicate a song and a tifo, wishes, as usual, “maintain a certain restraint”. “Cultivating humility allows you to achieve your final goals, he said. In football, everything goes very quickly, we know that.”
Follower of “each match is enough for its own sake”, he is not the type to sell the bear’s skin. Even if Brest has secured its place in the European Cup, the Finisterians are only a small point ahead of Lille, 4th in the standings. “Already, we will make sure to win Nantes, then we will see, tempers the Stade Brestois coach. But obviously we would like to finish in the top three.”
