Stade Brestois' outings in the championship are starting to have an unfortunate tendency to resemble each other. Missing out on their start to the match against Nice then Montpellier, for as many defeats in the end, Eric Roy's men once again shot themselves in the foot by signing a non-match during their first period on the Monaco rock. A bad start punished by two goals, already crippling, before the half-hour mark: the first in transition after a succession of individual errors, from Chardonnet and Amavi in particular, the second after a poor recovery from Fernandes, while the latter had just replaced Lees-Melou, who left prematurely. A double punishment. “And starting a match at 2-0 is obviously complicated,” admitted Brest captain Brendan Chardonnet, looking downcast and “frustrated” by his team’s performance.
“It’s true that we’re having trouble at the moment,” admits Ajorque
“We wanted to make a big start, but we clearly didn't… It's difficult to explain, it's complicated… The first two goals are avoidable…”, he continued. “We started the match. We have to remobilize ourselves, and stop playing every other half. However, it was a big test for Tuesday, against a Champions League team,” summarized Hugo Magnetti, when Ludovic Ajorque did not “know what to say” by way of explanation. “It’s true that we’re struggling at the moment in Ligue 1…”
In an icy atmosphere, and in a totally devitaminated Louis II, Eric Roy's men certainly had a start in the second act, but it came too late. “In the scenario, I found that our 2nd half was still much better, where we showed our true colors. The problem is that we can't do it for 90 minutes at the moment in the championship,” analyzed Eric Roy, sent off during the match for attacking the referee, throwing cap with the key.
Roy: “We must not delude ourselves”
If the entry into play of Doumbia upon returning from the locker room had the merit of revitalizing the Brest attack, like his decisive pass on a corner for Sima, the Brestois once again failed to bring back something from the Principality, recording a sixth consecutive defeat since their return to Ligue 1 in 2019. “One of the objectives of the match was to regain defensive stability, it was clearly not fulfilled,” said not hiding their coach. With a third defeat in a row in Ligue 1, the Finistère club finds itself in a paradoxical situation, namely well positioned in the Champions League but poorly in points in the championship, where it will urgently have to concentrate on its objective of maintaining itself, the main . “We must not delude ourselves and be aware that we will have to fight this season. But there is nothing dishonorable about that, it is something that is anchored in the club,” the coach tried to temporize. Aware that the coming weeks promise to be decisive.
