The head coach of the French Brest, Éric Roy, commented on his team’s defeat to Donetsk Shakhtar (0:2) in yesterday’s match of the 7th round of the main stage of the Champions League.
Éric Roy"It was a great match in the sense that we could play it without pressure, as we have already shown a good result in this Europa League (“Brest” had secured a place in the tournament playoffs before the match against “Shakhtar,” - editor's note.). However, today in the first half I did not recognize my team, and we were punished for our mistakes. We could definitely have played better in the episodes that led to our conceding goals and avoided those goals. But at the highest level, you pay the appropriate price for your mistakes.
Today’s match was a missed opportunity for us. We helped Shakhtar win. Yes, this is a club used to participating in European cups, but today we did not have an inferiority complex - it was a lack of control on our part. We could not play according to our system. Our fate was in our hands, but when you play poorly both with and without the ball, it becomes difficult,” Roy’s words are quoted by the official UEFA website.
