In Hérault, the enchanted European interlude gave way to a most brutal return to earth. Without rhythm, without idea, this Stade Brestois was unrecognizable on the pitch of the red lantern of L1. And if Eric Roy's men are sublimating themselves in Europe week after week, they cannot aspire to anything other than remaining in the championship at the moment. However, until then, the management of the European Cup after matches had been perfect. In Montpellier, the series came to a violent end.
Three points from the barrage place
“There is an emergency, a very great emergency,” said Éric Roy, with a slight touch of irony. We will have to get back into match form in this championship. »
Because the ranking is relentless. The Finistère team now finds itself just three points from the play-off place and already has six defeats, one less than for the entire year last season. At this rate, Stade Brestois will end up having as many points in the Champions League (10) as in Ligue 1 (13).
However, this week in Brest, we repeated not to take this match lightly despite the crisis in Montpellier results. Except that the start of the Breton match was the opposite of what was said. The Brestois could hardly do worse by conceding an early opening score on an avoidable penalty (4'), then taking the break goal on a free kick (12') where the ball went through the wall.
In just 15 minutes, the Brestois had managed to restore confidence in a team which had not won since the 5th day, which only had four points after ten days, and had already conceded 30 goals.
“All the ingredients to make their job easier”
“They put in all the ingredients to have a good match and we put all the ingredients at the start of the match to make their task easier,” complained the Brest coach.
With low intensity, very few high recoveries and a lack of offensive ideas, Stade Brestois did the opposite of everything that usually makes it strong.
And the new big turnover has, this time, not smiled on the people of Brest. The usual “finishers” were not there and the defense, particularly on the wings, took on water, like on Montpellier's third goal (85') which concluded a very disappointing performance. “It’s obvious that we are conceding too many goals. This is something that we will have to resolve quickly, because we cannot afford to score four goals to win a match,” breathed Éric Roy. On Sunday, the bankruptcy was both collective and individual. The break should thus allow the bodies and heads of a team which seems to really need it to rest.
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