There are three days left before the end of the Ligue 1 season, but we have already had the match of the year. At the end of the suspense and added time, Brest won on the Rennes pitch after a crazy encounter and a shower of goals (5-4).
A crazy scenario
Lilian Brassier’s winning goal in the final moments of added time punctuated a match rich in goals and twists and turns. “On this goal, there is a lot of pleasure, a lot of joy. It was hard… We fought,” summed up the defender after the game, speaking to Canal Plus. And for good reason, the Brestois completely turned the meeting around. Trailing 2-0 from the start of the match, Brest managed to regain the advantage until it was 2 goals ahead (4-2). Finally, Rennes got back to the score (4-4), before cracking in the last seconds (5-4).
For Brendan Chardonnet, “you shouldn’t have a heart condition”. “We came back to 4-4 and we ruined everything…”, for his part, sighed Rennais Benjamin Bourigeaud. Jonas Martin thinks that this meeting is a reflection of the Stade Brestois season: “It was a crazy match. We went through all the emotions. We have a team of competitors. The ending is just inexplicable. It sums up our entire season. »
Europe at the center of the debates
“Now we can say it, whatever happens we will make a European Cup,” smiled Eric Roy post-match. Thanks to this success, Brest is assured of participating in a European Cup. But the club aims higher. And in the race for the top 4, qualifying for the Champions League, the Finisterians took third place with 5 points ahead of fifth, Nice. For Chardonnet, this position with three days to go is “deserved”.
🔴 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗟’𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗜𝗥𝗘,
⚪ 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗘𝗡 𝗘𝗨𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗘! pic.twitter.com/zSwLVg0Rxo— Stade Brestois 29 (@SB29) April 28, 2024
If Brest is experiencing a historic season and defying the predictions, Stade Rennais is experiencing a more complicated 2023/24 financial year. The Rouge et Noir are seventh, before Sunday evening’s clash between Marseille and Lens, far from the objectives at the start of the season. “I think there is a form of inconstancy, of immaturity, which is detrimental to us at this level. We must be able to exude more serenity. It is the seventh place that we will have to seek in the hope that it will qualify for Europe. Better ? No, because there is not enough solidity to have better,” Julien Stéphan coldly analyzed at the end of the match.
Brest, Duke of Brittany
Accustomed to being the best Breton team in recent seasons, Rennes left their crown to their opponent of the day. A Breton rivalry which made the defeat of Martin Terrier and his gang in front of his audience all the more bitter. “We are disgusted. It is unacceptable to concede 5 goals at home. I’m not going to mince words, we were idiots. It’s impossible to get out of a match like that, especially in a derby. We can only blame ourselves,” Bourigeaud raged, still speaking to Canal Plus.
This season, Brest has not lost any of its 5 confrontations against Breton teams (Lorient, Rennes, Nantes). The third in Ligue 1 has the opportunity to perfect its regional domination next weekend, when it hosts the Canaries.
