between jubilation and restraint, Brest on its clouds

Largely victorious away from home, Stade Brestois impressed for its Champions League debut and its players were the first to be delighted.

Winners for the second time in a row in the Champions League against Salzburg (0-4) on Tuesday, the Brestois are on cloud nine. While legitimate questions were being asked about their ability to do well in the competition, the Bretons did more than surprise and were placed second in the provisional ranking of the Champions League league phase on Wednesday October 2.

Scorer for the first time at this level, Mahdi Camara savored this rare performance at the microphone of France Bleu Breizh Izel. “4-0 in the Champions League, there are not many clubs that have managed to do that” noted the former Stéphanois, without forgetting the daily bread of Ligue 1, nor the rest of the competition. “We are super happy. We’re going to enjoy this evening [mardi] and we’re going to move on because it’s happening quickly“. At a press conference, coach Éric Roy followed the same line of conduct, indicating that this success does not represent “that a little not”, aware of the obstacles to come against Munich, Barcelona or Madrid in particular.

If he also remembered that the victory of his team owed a lot to Marco Bizot “which was decisive” in his goals, Éric Roy, who recalled the need for “keep a lot of humility“, underlined the emotional control of his group during the meeting: “The goal was to manage your emotions, to keep a cool head, even when things were rocky, and we knew it was going to rock.“.

A mission accomplished which now leaves us dreaming, like Mathias Perreira-Lage, scorer at the end of the match, who dared to draw a parallel with last season, already historic in Finistère. “We’re a bit like last season, we let ourselves be carried away and then we enjoy it“, he savored to the AFP. And Éric Roy added: “That means that this team has something extra, it has a state of mind.“