After only six minutes of play, she fell back into her ways. A bad habit that repeats itself week after week and annoys Éric Roy. “These are scenarios that repeat themselves and it gets tiring. Maybe the players are saying to themselves that the championship was too easy for us, that we can put ourselves into handicaps from the start of the match,” quipped the Brest coach.
Led, Brest loses every time
However, Lille played at a slow pace and did not appear flamboyant. Except that Brest was unable to differentiate and was punished. With his second shot on target of the game, Losc managed to make the break, helped by an overwhelmed Breton defense and a lot of work from David, finished off by Haraldsson (44').
And we didn't see how Brest was going to be able to turn the situation around when they returned from the locker room. “Reacting is all well and good but when it’s 2-0, it’s already too late,” lamented Éric Roy. It’s quite logical, we need to be extra vigilant and pragmatic. »
Except that Bruno Genesio's men were not having a great night, and Brest had resources. Ludovic Ajorque sounded the revolt by reducing the gap (48') then forcing Chevalier to make a fine save (52'). By pushing, the Brestois could even believe in the equalizer. But this season, when they are behind, Éric Roy's players always lose in the championship (six defeats).
“It’s sad, it’s frustrating, but unfortunately, it’s reality”
On a poorly repelled ball by Bizot, David scored twice (69') and definitively put an end to Brest's hopes. “From the moment you give such monumental gifts to an opponent of this quality, there is very little chance that you will leave with anything positive. These three goals, you offer them to the opponent,” railed the Brest coach. Clearly, Stade Brestois, before the Champions League (one draw for five defeats) and away from home (six losses, one more than in the entire past year in Ligue 1), cannot do it not.
And on the pitch at Stade Pierre-Mauroy, the match against Lille almost compiled all of Brest's current failings to be able to aim higher. “ We need to be able to regain a certain ability to analyze situations, difficult moments to manage in the match. Just like last year, I found that we had a lot of maturity in relation to that and we built our season a lot on solidity, recalls Éric Roy. But today, it's too easy for our adversaries. It's sad, it's frustrating, but unfortunately, it's reality. »
The technical sheet
Referee: M. Bastien.
-Spectators: 38 128.
BUTS. Lille: David (4'sp, 69'), Haraldsson (44'); Stade Brestois: Ajorque (48').
Warnings. Lille: André (80'); Stade Brestois: The Cardinal (6').
LILLE : Chevalier – Mandi, Diakité, Alexsandro, Gudmundsson – André (c.), Mukau (Gomes, 83') – Zhegrova (Cabella, 83'), Haraldsson (Bouaddi, 62'), Fernandez-Pardo (Sahraoui, 62')- David. Not included: Mannone, Fernandes, Touré, Bayo. Coach : B. Genesio.
BRESTOIS STADIUM: Bizot – Haïdara, Le Cardinal, Chardonnet (c.), Zogbé – Magnetti, Camara (Salah, 76') – Pereira Lage (Sima, 65'), Doumbia (Fernandes, 76'), Baldé (Del Castillo, 46') – Ajorque. Not included: Coudert, Ndiaye, Amavi, Camblan, Diop. Coach: E. Roy.
