Paul Rouget, Media365: published on Thursday November 7, 2024 at 9:21 a.m.
Winner in Prague of its third Champions League match, Stade Brestois, which is discovering the European Cup, could already be qualified, at least for the play-offs.
They're almost there! Unless they are already there… After having already brought down Sturm Graz (2-1) and Salzburg (4-0), and having shared the points with Bayer Leverkusen (1-1), the Brestois signed a third victory in four Champions League matches, winning 2-1 on the pitch at Sparta Prague on Wednesday evening. Edimilson Fernandes opened the scoring with a nice volley (37th), before Kaan Kairinen doubled the score against his side for the visitors (79th). Victor Olatunji ended up reducing the gap in added time (90th+2), but the Bretons held on, occupying a surprising fourth place in the standings for the new league phase of this C1 that they are discovering. With 10 points which could be enough for them, in order to be at least qualified for the play-offs to reach the round of 16. And they can dream of finishing in the Top 8, which would allow them to avoid these play-offs.
They even have regrets
“There is pride, their coach Eric Roy then admitted at a press conference. I told the players and staff, before entering the field, that we had all dreamed of playing this kind of match : live the event, be an actor, in the present, focus on your performance, collective and individual And if the performance is there, there will necessarily be the result, which is almost paradoxical. that we are almost disappointed to have conceded this goal, at the end of the match. It is a bit of regret and it is proof, despite everything, that we are ambitious and that we want to progress. And what about qualification, which may already be acquired before even going to challenge FC Barcelona at the Camp Nou in three weeks? “As we have no hindsight, no precedents, it is difficult to know. We want to continue to advance in the competition to take points, even if the next match promises to be very dangerous,” continued Roy, who first wants to “prepare well for the trip to Montpellier” on Sunday. Sense of priorities…
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