Third in Ligue 1 thanks to a deserved victory against Montpellier, Brest wants to “take advantage” of the “beautiful period” it is going through, before facing Paris SG in two weeks, recognized coach Eric Roy. With a current series of six victories and a draw in the championship, Brest is reaping the rewards of a game controlled from start to finish even if it still had to wait for added time to make the break. “It’s true that this match is still quite well controlled. Afterwards, we felt on the pitch that we were a little afraid to see that we weren’t able to make this break. We experienced it against Strasbourg where we were caught at the end of the match,” he recalled.
“It’s a great time, we have to take advantage of it. We know that, in football, everything goes very quickly, in one direction and the other,” he also warned. For the moment, the rankings really don’t bother the Bretons. “It’s true that before the match, obviously, given yesterday’s results (defeat of Monaco, then 3rd, at home against Reims), we could say to ourselves We have to win, we are going to be third. No. (…) We put things in place and, if we manage to translate them on the pitch, we might have some good surprises at the end of the match. And that’s what happened this evening,” he summarized.
If this third place does not change anything in the club’s maintenance objective, it is “not anecdotal”, he stressed. “I believe that today all the observers and those who follow us closely can confirm that, the points we took, we did not steal many and even that, in the four matches that we lost, we can almost have regrets,” noted the former midfielder.
After a 16th final of the Coupe de France against Trélissac (N2) next Saturday, a trip to the Parc des Princes is looming to challenge the Parisian leader who only won thanks to a penalty from Kylian Mbappé in the 89th minute. go (3-2). “There is everything to be gained in this type of match. Here we had made them doubt a little. We had missed him, like the year before, a minute or two. We will see if we are able to do better, but it will be an easy match to prepare for,” admitted the coach.
