Mathieu Warnier, Media365: published on Saturday December 21, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
While Brest won by the smallest of margins against La Roche-sur-Yon this Saturday, Breton goalkeeper Grégoire Coudert is content with qualification. Mathieu Villette, for his part, concedes that there are regrets on the Vendée side.
La Roche-sur-Yon was able to believe it. On their pitch at the Stade Henri-Desgrange, the Vendée players cast doubt on Brest, a team which has been the talk of the town this season with its run in the Champions League. But, despite a reshuffled starting eleven, Eric Roy's protégés secured the essentials with a victory by the narrowest of margins acquired shortly before half-time thanks to Ludovic Ajorque. Aligned in goal in place of Marco Bizot, Grégoire Coudert praised “a great team” from La Roche-sur-Yon. “They fought well and did not make it easy for us,” he added in comments collected by the daily West France. On his own performance, the Brest goalkeeper said he was “happy to serve the team at the end of the match and to have remained focused in the important moments”. As for the result, Grégoire Coudert conceded that “the priority was to qualify” for the round of 16 of the Coupe de France, which will take place in mid-January. “We have a lot of injuries and we spent months playing every three days,” he concluded. Now it's done so see you in 2025 for lots of great things again. »
For Villette, La Roche-sur-Yon “made an almost perfect match”
On the Vendée side, striker Mathieu Villette did not hide from the local daily West France come out of this match counting for the 32nd finals of the Coupe de France with “a mixture of disappointment and pride”. And this while, according to him, his team “had an almost perfect match” against an opponent of the caliber of Brest. The former Tours striker also conceded that La Roche-sur-Yon had no room for error, otherwise he would be “punished against teams like that”. The main regret will remain the lack of edge in front of the goal of the club led by Eric Roy. “We had situations to come back,” said Mathieu Valette. We didn't have this efficiency but we are proud to have brought everyone back to the stadium. We will be disappointed but proud. » At the end of a match during which his team “had a lot of chances compared to what we could imagine”, the striker intends to move on. “We will be able to go on vacation peacefully, but it is still a mixture of disappointment and pride,” he concluded.
