Beaten by Monaco, Eric Roy returned at a press conference to an evening that he considers nightmarish.
“Between the result and Lees-Melou’s possible injury, it’s a nightmare evening”lamented Eric Roy, the coach of Brest, beaten in Monaco (3-2) Friday evening, and also himself excluded by the referee. “We were too soft in the first 20 minutes, I regret our unfortunate habit of starting the match at 2-0.” “If you also have to score three goals in Monaco to bring home a point, it becomes a mission impossible.” he estimated. “We are incapable of doing 90 minutes, that’s the problem”he added. “We come out with a lot of frustration. It’s not a good feeling.”
With 13 points, his team must “look back for the next few weeks”he warned, “because the balance sheet is not satisfactory. We will have to fight, perhaps to maintain it. There is nothing dishonorable.” “It didn't come down to much at one point in the Nice match (0-1), a see-saw match. If we won, we were 5th, we lost it. Since then, it’s been going on and on.”
«Throwing a cap is sanctioned”
Concerning his exclusion (67th), he assured that he had been correct with the referee. “Apart from saying the fault is ours, I haven’t said anything. Throwing a cap is punishable. It’s the news of the evening.”
On the other hand, Roy fears for Pierre Lees-Melou, who came out in the first half. “It doesn’t smell very good,” he said. He took a knee hit, just above his plate (on the right fibula). The doctor seemed worried. Between the result and this injury (…), it’s a nightmare evening.”
Brest plays again on Tuesday in Barcelona, “It’s a small team, we will try not to have too many superiority complexes” he quipped.
