slapped by Auxerre, Brest comes back to earth

The return to reality was brutal. In seventh heaven eight days ago after the first European victory in its history, Brest painfully fell back to earth. This Friday, the Finistériens were traveling to Yonne to challenge AJ Auxerre. The rain had not stopped falling at the start of the match, and the sky logically ended up falling on their heads (3-0). Deprived of their coach Éric Roy, suspended three matches after his vehement remarks made against the refereeing last weekend against Toulouse, the Ty Zefs spread the sensation of a destitute, apathetic, and fatalistic team.

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In the first half, the bill could have been higher. The Ghanaian international, Elisha Owusu, opened the scoring after a clever let-go from Sinayoko (26th, 1-0), while Jubal brought the score to 2-0 on a penalty again caused by the same Sinayoko (36th). ). On the edge of the abyss, the Auxerrois were only waiting for the three whistles from Mr. Stinat to shorten the ordeal. The insatiable Sinayoko didn’t care: he was close to knocking out the poor Brestois, but came up against a doubly decisive Bizot (44th). The only shot on target from the Bretons was to the credit of Sima, and came following a counter just before the break (45th).

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Confused by weakness, Brest was close to sinking again upon returning from the locker room, but fortunately, Hamed Traoré forgot Hoever (50th). Ten minutes later, the Ivorian redeemed himself in a very good way. Found by the very restless Owusu in the area, he numbed the ball, eliminated Chardonnet with ease, and deceived Bizot with a cross shot (59th, 3-0). Under the eyes of the legendary Guy Roux, present in the stands of Abbé Deschamps, Auxerre continued its spectacle, and the deluge of goals was close to continuing.

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Brest’s triple change at the hour mark only served as a palliative: as confusing as ever, Sinayoko saw his shot blocked (69th), Osho found the bar on an intelligent delivery from Jubal (74th), and Bizot intervened as a fireman. service on a strike from Traoré (77th). On the Auxerre side, the only bad news of the evening was Jubal’s injury exit. And on the Brest side, the only clearing was an acrobatic return from Mama Baldé on Léon’s bar (90+3rd). But in the end, Auxerre won and revived. After 4 defeats in a row, the Icaunais move up to 12th place, and defy their evening opponent, 13th.