We have known a more lenient calendar. Or less dense, more exactly. This Sunday for the 25th day of Ligue 1, Stade Brestois heads north to challenge Lille, the leader. Before receiving Lyon and going to Monaco, two other top 5 teams.
A high mountain stage with three non-category passes
The needles of the Brest compass are likely to panic for this triptych against the champions of the championship, because it is very strong that awaits the Ty Zefs by the end of the month. But the Brestois are “in trust“ at the moment in the words of Olivier Dall’Oglio. It must be said that the workforce is complete, without injuries. With fresh executive players, they blew off Wednesday without playing in the Coupe de France.
The group appears fully concerned again, with players coming off the bench decisive in recent times. Mental strength is also to be placed in the column of the strong points of the moment. Led, the Brestois reversed the score and their last three opponents (Strasbourg and Bordeaux in Ligue 1, Rodez in the Coupe de France).
Ty Zefs also have memories. With two victories against Monaco and Lille, and a draw in Lyon during the first leg, they were very pleasantly surprised by being able to sublimate for these big meetings.
A fear and a fear that maybe we are more present
“We can no longer surprise, we know that we are more wary of us“warns Olivier Dall’Oglio, whose team had won 1-0 against Monaco at Le Blé, before becoming the first team to bring down Lille this season (3-2 after leading 3-0 after 40 minutes of play). It remains to be seen whether the Ty Zefs will have sufficient thickness to repeat such a performance? “We have the capacity“wants to believe the Brest coach,”but we must all be to the maximum. When we play these big teams, there is a fear and a fear that makes us perhaps more present“.
Brest more comfortable with the big guys?
The Brestois have in any case proved, this season, that they were probably more comfortable with playful and less tight-knit teams tactically defensively, as are those at the top of the table, than against teams wishing to discover less. Qualified for 16th in the Europa League and on seven straight victories, the LOSC is the first of three exams in Brest which will be used to see if this is really the case.
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