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It was a fantastic volley that looked over the goalkeeper's straight since he's back in the net.

And the second goal was a fantastic dinked finish by Mamabalde, who plays for Brest in the French League.

So that's something that we must see for them.

Gini Bissau had made four consecutive AFCON appearances from 2017 all the way to 2024. they then missed the last two Afghans.

So they'll be clutching to make sure that they get back into performing in Afghans.

And you can see they've already given themselves a good start by their win against Tanzania.

So as I said already, in terms of the players for us to look out for, Beto at Fiorentina, who was at Everton, Mama Balde, who's at Brest, who's also one of their star players.

Franklin Oju, at Trabzonsport, 22 years old, who's teammates with Chibike Waiwu and Polo Nwachu, also had a fantastic game and also scored.

Yeah, I get the point you're making certainly in terms of having other options regarding centre-halves.

I think at one stage it was looking like if we were going to bring in Axel de Zassi on loan, we would supplement that by signing Raphael Le Guin from Brest and who is having a very good season by the sounds of it in Ligue 1 so far.

Someone for the future, someone with potential.

He's tall as well.

And they've brought in new people in Stéphane Richard as the president, ex-leader of Orange, which is a sort of mobile telecoms company.

They've brought in Grégory Lorenzi, who was at Brest and was very successful at Brest, working with Éric Roy.

and used to working very well with very limited means.

And they brought Bruno Genesio, who had been longing for the ability to come to a club like this after leaving Lyon.

Totally.

I would extend that positivity to Gregory Lorenzi as well, the new director of football.

Somebody who's done very smart work at Brest with Eric Roy, who recently departed.

Sadly, he departed Eric Roy.

Le Mans and Auxerre have six apiece.

Brest, Laurent, Toulouse, and Nice have five apiece.

Lens struggling so far on four along with Troyes.

Marseille, what a disastrous start.

One win and four defeats, three points, and Le Havre are bottom, the only team not to win a game so far.

Your top scorers, Paris Brunner of Monaco, Koumori Doumbia of Brest, Amine Gouiri of Marseille, Lazine Sinaoko of Paris FC, and Ferran Torres of PSG, all on four.

Cameron Archer, on loan at Auxerre, has three.

Adil Bouriquet has three.

But I have a call out here for anyone who has not seen.

You need to see the 1-0 goal from Brest.

Mbop! it is a contender for goal of the season already that's in my flavor he hits it far out he gets a long ball he takes it down and then hits it on with the second touch on volley all the way in it's it's such a beauty oh i have to go and watch that one deserved a better a better thing but another another call out we have to we have talked about some of the of the top matches but Paris FC back to winning and now 11 points from five matches do you think this is a success so far with your senior

Yeah, I think Rossini has done an amazing job bringing Paris FC together.

And the big surprise here is he has scored four goals in these five matches and they are still on 17th place.

That kind of shows that goals is not everything you need to produce.

Another one I think interesting is Dombia, who's been fantastic in Brest, four goals out of five matches.

And if we look a bit further down on the three goal scorers, we have two in Le Mans.

This encounter provided a compelling study in momentum shifts, structural adaptability, and clinical final third efficiency.

To evaluate this hard-fought victory through a sophisticated analytical lens is to examine how OSER navigated the tactical complexities posed by Brest's well-drilled defensive structure.

During the opening exchanges, both sides prioritized spatial compactness, clogging central corridors and neutralizing transitional threats through disciplined midblocks.

However, as the match progressed, Auxerre increased the tempo of their passing cycles, utilizing fluid positional rotations across the midfield to stretch the opposition's defensive line.

By exploiting the half spaces and delivering precise penetrating passes into the penalty area, the hosts generated the high leverage opportunities required to shift the scoreline in their favor.

Furthermore, managing a slender lead in the closing stages of a tight fixture demands absolute concentration from the rest defense structure.

Whenever Brest attempted to throw numbers forward in search of a late equalizer, Auxerre's central defenders and holding midfielders maintained strict spatial discipline.

winning crucial aerial duels and executing vital interceptions to extinguish the danger.

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Now today, Bepo, we're going to talk about Brest, the Stade Brestois.

And only really one place to start with Brest is the really sad passing of Eric Roy this summer, who it was revealed for three years had been battling pancreatic cancer and tragically died.

passed away in the summer, having, you know, taken Brest to heights they had never seen before, which included, of course, their famous Champions League qualification.

What do you remember about the great man?

Just the outstanding job he's done at Brest and quite a dignified person throughout.

Very easy to say that with hindsight, but also somebody, I think, certainly during his time at Brest, because I remember him at Nice when he was there for a few years around 2010, but his time at Brest was more memorable.

Someone who never seemed to step out of line, and I might be mistaken, that might be the slightly rose-colored example, because of what's just happened to him.

I mean, their draw against Lille was a miracle already with two goals scored in, in added time.

Uh, against Brest, who are doing quite well actually this season, surprisingly.

Uh, they really struggled and could say thank you to Ferran Torres, uh, for an absolutely magnificent goal, um, which is created by anoth- also magnificent back heel, uh, by Dembele, and a, a really good finish.

But after that, they really, really struggled.

Um, but to be honest, the, the football has been, um, has been poor.

And they can say thank you to Safarov, uh, for keeping them in the game late on.

Uh, Brest could have, you know, Brest probably deserved a draw, if not better than that.

So, but it's just like for Bayern in Bundesliga, they'll win it in the end.

Uh, but, but I wanna s- You, you speak about recent goalkeeping performances.

Uh, I know we're circling back a little bit here, but I just wanna mention that Safonov, we've been harsh on Safonov with all rights at times, but what a save from header from Doumbia in Brest that he did.

I think that-

Mm

... just wanna add here as well, Brest, you know, they created chances to score a few, a few goals themselves.

Uh, so, uh, yes, it's a PSG victory, but this was a tight one, I think.

Yeah, shockingly so.

Uh, I, I was, uh, I saw the game, and I was quite shocked that Brest, uh, got so much, uh, opportunities.