While it remained on five games without defeat (three wins, two draws) in all competitions, Stade Brestois fell for the second time at home this season in Ligue 1, after its initial defeat against Marseille (1-5) . At the end of a month of October as satisfactory in content as from an accounting point of view, Eric Roy's men therefore plunged again, at least during the first 45 minutes of their match against Nice (read elsewhere) , in ways that they had not encountered since their rout at Auxerre (0-3), on September 27.
The redemption match in Prague
A performance synonymous with a “stop” in the rankings, as Pierre Lees-Melou did not fail to point out, and which further entangles the Brestois in the soft underbelly of Ligue 1, with 13 units on the clock. “We would have liked to take these three points to be in the top five this evening,” recalled Ludovic Ajorque. But, as before each new Champions League match, they once again stalled (defeat in Paris before Sturm Graz, then in Auxerre before Salzburg). “I don't think that's the explanation, because we can see that we were able to play well in the second half. We should simply have reacted earlier, and on our own, without waiting for the coach to blow at half-time,” said Lees-Melou.
Aware of the crippling side of the shortcomings displayed by his players in the first half on Saturday, Eric Roy insisted on the importance of “being very solid”, “keeping our intensity”. “And we're going to have to do that, because in the next few games, we're going to get shaken up. Already in Prague, in a terrible atmosphere.” Warned of the fact that the Czechs had also lost in the championship on Saturday, the technician preferred to smile. “Prague also lost at home? I didn't know about it. They are not good either before their Champions League match. Like what. This will be a match for redemption for both teams…”.
