Clément Pédron, Media365, published on Wednesday November 6, 2024 at 11:19 p.m.
Superior in all areas of the game against a poor Sparta Prague team, Stade Brestois was rewarded for its efforts this Wednesday evening for the fourth day of the league phase of the Champions League. Éric Roy's gang has taken a big step towards the knockout phase.
Stade Brestois went for this victory, the third already in this league phase of the Champions League after Sturm Graz and RB Salzburg, as boss! This Wednesday evening, the Breton club was quick to dominate a weak Sparta Prague team who still had the merit of reducing the gap one minute from the end of added time in the game. Even if this goal – which came at the moment when the Brestois took their foot off the gas – may be a task, it remains anecdotal as the Bretons were far superior in the Czech Republic. It must be said that this formation of Lars Friis did not show much except that it had only planned to operate on counterattacks. And that was good because the third in the French championship last season had planned to take the game into his own hands.
In the first half, the Finisterians multiplied the dangerous situations, notably thanks to Ludovic Ajorque, a real control tower of the Brest game system. Unfortunately, the center forward did not manage to get to the end of things, either through his fault or that of the goalkeeper despite an overall catastrophic performance. And if his friend Doumbia also harvested, this is not the case for Edimilson Fernandes whose volley while lying down fooled everyone a little over five minutes before the break (0-1, 37').
Brest on track to go far
In the second period and even if Sparta Prague (very) slightly put on more pace, Stade Brestois managed the pace. However, SB29 still had difficulty finishing its chances, whether it was Lees-Melou (47'), Ajorque (52', 75') or even Camara (65'). This is also an interesting avenue of work in the future for the “Ty-Zefs” who also ended up breaking through the opposing safe ten minutes from the end on a counter-camp from Kairinen following a very poor recovery from the Vindahl goalkeeper. And even if the Finistériens conceded a goal shortly before the end, they can have a smile since with three successes for a draw in C1, they are in fourth place in the ranking of this league phase before facing FC Barcelona on November 26. One thing is certain, the waking dream continues for the Bretons!
