In difficulty in the championship… And against Breton clubs
Fourteenth out of 16 in its National 2 group, La Roche Vendée Foot (85) is having a complicated season with only 11 points won after 13 days. Even more, Frédéric Reculeau’s men have not won since October 4 and have scored more goals in the Coupe de France (15) than in the championship. Finally, the Breton clubs do not bring luck to the Vendée team, which lost four times (Locminé, Stade Briochin, Saint-Malo and Dinan Léhon).
Ajorque reunites with his former coach
Suspended during Brest’s last two outings (1-0 victories against PSV and 4-1 against Nantes), Ludovic Ajorque could be one of the rare regular starters to set foot on the pitch at the Stade Henri-Desgrange (9,653 seats). In Vendée, the 1.96 m attacker will meet an old acquaintance because Frédéric Reculeau, the coach of La Roche since 2022, had him under his command in Luçon, during the 2015-2016 season, in National. Loaned by Angers, the Brest striker had notably scored 9 goals in 33 matches. But the club, 11th, had to file for bankruptcy because the planned merger with La Roche-sur-Yon had not been successful.
38 years ago, Brest faced La Roche-sur-Yon in the Coupe de France
In their history, the La Roche-sur-Yon club and Stade Brestois faced each other 13 times, mainly in National, between 1993 and 2003, with a negative record for the Finistère club (four victories, two draws and six defeats). ). Except that the only Coupe de France meeting, the first confrontation between the two clubs, ended with Brest qualifying (3-1) in 1986, thanks in particular to goals from Vladimir Petrović, Gérard Buscher and Pascal Mariini. The match had already been played during the 32nd finals.
La Roche-sur-Yon’s journey in the Coupe de France
4th round: 2-0 victory against FC Saint-Georges Trémentines (D1). 5e tour : 3-2 victory against Sables Vendée (R1). 6e tour : 3-0 victory against La Baule (R1). 7e tour : 6-0 victory against Cazaux Olympique (R3). 8e tour : victory on penalties (1-1, 4-2 tab) against Orléans (Nat.).
