The Brest coach returned to his team's victory this Saturday evening in Rennes (1-2).
By winning in Rennes (2-1), Saturday, for the 18th day of Ligue 1, Brest “replaced” in the race for Europe, said coach Éric Roy. “It is obvious that with this victory, we are still putting ourselves back together. We're not very far, in fact, we can see it.”judged the coach, while his team temporarily moved back into the first half of the ranking, with 25 points.
Whatever the results on Sunday and even if Strasbourg, or even Auxerre, surpass them in the event of a victory, the Finisterians will be 6 points behind Monaco, currently 4th. “When you are 5-6 points from the European places (…) you tell yourself that somewhere, you are still in the race”he added.
“What I want, I have said it from the start, and the players too, is to exist in this Ligue 1 and it is not because we play two other competitions (the Ligue des champions and the Coupe de France) that we should not be able to perform well”he added.
-“I’m always a little disappointed to concede yet another goal”
Despite “a slightly decimated workforce”with the absences of Pierre Lees-Melou and Romain Faivre, added at the last moment to the numerous injuries in defense, Roy praised the “resilience” of his players, often dominated, but devilishly effective. “It’s certain that it’s one of our values, this form of resilience, of never giving up, of never giving up. This is also (…) what I want my team to bring out, quite simply”he stressed.
The only small downside was the reduction of the gap by Rennes, while Brest seemed to have done the hard part at 2-0. “Honestly, if we had been a little more clinical, we could have taken shelter and not experienced the difficult end of the match that we experienced”he regretted. “I'm always a little disappointed to concede another goal and especially disappointed to concede very quickly after making the 2-0”explained Roy.
“It’s another guilty pleasure that we have and it’s been a long time now in the championship since we’ve had a clean sheet (match without conceding a goal). So I hope that will be the objective and that we will be able to do it the next match.he concluded.
