Published Saturday December 14, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. In: Brest.
By Hadrien Rivayrand
Stade Brestois achieves an XXL performance in the Champions League and is already assured of playing in at least the play-offs of the competition. But the Bretons are bitter towards UEFA, which prevents them from really playing at home.
Stade Brestois is undoubtedly the great story of this edition of the Champions League. Eric Roy's men are assured of being qualified for the play-offs at least. For the moment, the Bretons play at the Stade du Roudourou in Guingamp, the Stade Francis-Le Blé not being fully approved to host Champions League matches. And it is said that Stade Brestois could leave Roudourou to go to Stade de France and finish its C1 campaign there. But once again, Brest would not really be at home. Enough to annoy Eric Roy, who is fed up with UEFA not doing anything to highlight the smaller clubs.
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During a few words exchanged with the press in recent hours, the Brest coach indeed indicated without batting an eyelid: « Whatever happens, we will play our eight group matches away, which makes our journey even more extraordinary. We realize that these competitions are made for big clubs and we try to eliminate small clubs like us. UEFA's will is money for money's sake. What annoys me is that we are trying to eliminate all the people who love football because they appreciate the uncertainty of the result, the fact that the little guy can beat the big guy.” Brest will therefore still have to fight against the elements and still have two matches to validate its presence in the top 8 and avoid a play-off. It will be against Shakhtar Donetsk and Real Madrid. No easy feat.
