Stade Brestois dominated without managing to make the break and had to settle for a frustrating draw against Stade Rennais, the fault of a lack of efficiency, but also of adaptation after the changes made by Julien Stéphan.
Here is what Éric Roy, the Ti-Zefs coach, says about it
Is it a frustrating draw?
It’s always frustrating to be caught at the end of a match, we thought we had done the hardest part, unfortunately we weren’t able to maintain this result, we didn’t have the control that we often have at the end of matches . It’s true that we had a good first half, even if this Rennes team came above all to neutralize us, more than to put us in difficulty. On arrival, they came for a point.
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The entrants did not contribute and on the contrary, Pierre’s exit had consequences?
His exit unbalanced the team structure. Now it’s difficult for him to continue and play a complete match, we must not forget that it has been a long time since he last played. 45 minutes in the first match. 70 today. He has to gradually gain strength and we have to protect him when we haven’t played for a long time we expose ourselves to injuries and as we were served in the pre-match between Coulibaly’s withdrawal and the injury during the warm-up to Julien Le Cardinal, it was a little disturbing, but overall the team reacted well, I’m quite happy with what they did unfortunately this goal spoiled everything a little.
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Was there a real lack of efficiency?
In terms of content, we had the match we expected. We know that to win matches, you have to take cover, you simply need more realism. Overall, without creating huge situations, we actually had the opportunity to take the advantage and then make the break and when we didn’t do it we found ourselves within reach of the opponent. They brought in quality players at the end of the match. They knew how to densify their environment and field, we were unable to find the keys to stem this Rennes revolt which was going all out. Despite everything, they were well served, they only had one opportunity, they knew how to put it to the bottom.
Are you getting close to the reference match?
No, for a reference match, you have to align all the components of a match, today we have not mastered everything, especially at the end of the match. We didn’t know how to adapt, we had to suck them up, let them come and try to counter them. I often ask the players to read the match, it’s true that we had difficulty in the second part of the 2nd half. A reference match, you also have to be realistic, we sinned in this area, despite everything in the content it was generally interesting. But we will have to continue because the opponents are of superior quality, we have to improve.
