without brilliance, Brest loses against Shakhtar Donetsk, but will at least play the play-off phase

The Brestois were rarely able to worry the Ukrainians on Wednesday and conceded a second defeat in this C1 campaign.

We did not recognize the attractive Brest from the Champions League. Stade Brestois, ninth and already assured of the play-offs before the match, lost to Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday January 22, during the 7th day of the Champions League (2-0). In Gelsenkirchen (Germany), temporary lair of the Ukrainians who have not played at home since 2014, the Bretons initially had great difficulty developing the game.

They quickly fell victim to the rule of the locals, who knew how to take advantage of the errors of Eric Roy's men. Kevin Macedo first took advantage of poor control from Brendan Chardonnet to settle Marco Bizot after a long race (1-0, 18th), then the same Bizot conceded a penalty for having lightly touched Irakli Azarovi, too easily found in the surface. With a panenka, Georgiy Sudakov made an already fatal break for the Finistériens (2-0, 37th).

The Bretons had a few offensive flashes on an axial strike from Magnetti or a succulent free kick from Pereira Lage at the end of the match, but it was too light against a team that was 28th at kick-off. This defeat changes little for the Brestois, already assured of the play-offs and who have fallen two places (11th). They will try, like Lille, to heal their exit from the league phase, and what an exit! Real Madrid at Guingamp next Wednesday.