Disappointed with his team's performance against Shakthar Donetsk, Eric Roy felt that Brest delivered an “incomprehensible” performance.
Disappointed and full of cold anger, Brest coach Eric Roy judged “incomprehensible” the first period completely failed by his team, beaten by Shakhtar Donetsk (2-0) on Wednesday in the Champions League in Gelsenkirchen (Germany).“It’s a bit of an unknown for me”he replied at a press conference when asked for his explanation on this poor performance. “It’s incomprehensible to see that in the first half hour we didn’t play at all”. “This match was magnificent to play. There was nothing to lose and on the contrary (we could) go and win something fantastic, without pressure, because (…) our Champions League, whatever happens, is already successful”he detailed.
With 13 points, Brest could, if successful, approach direct qualification for the round of 16, even if the last meeting in a week will be against Real Madrid, defending champion. After this defeat, he will most likely have to go through a play-off in mid-February. At the break, the score was already 2-0 and the Brestois never managed to really influence the match, with Roy pointing out both collective and individual failures.
“We lacked a little energy, a little quality too and from the moment you don't play, you are far from the opponent, you have a team block that is broken, you don't win a duel , it’s true that it’s difficult”listed the coach. “Afterwards, the two goals we conceded were goals which were largely avoidable. So I'm not even talking about the first because the first is almost a gag (…) in this kind of very high level match, you can't give gifts like that to opponents.he clarified.
-The opener came from a completely missed check by Brendan Chardonnet in the opposing camp but in the position of last defender, which allowed winger Kevin to slip past Marco Bizot (1-0, 18th).
Shakhtar then doubled the lead with a perfectly avoidable penalty. “In the second half we controlled the ball, we tried but they were well in place, they were waiting for us to counter us. In any case, this is the match scenario that we did not want to see and that unfortunately we delivered”lamented the technician.
