Stade Brestois 29 played host to Paris Saint-Germain on Matchday 20 of Ligue 1. It was an open, hard-fought match that ended 2-5 (see the Brest/PSG video highlight). With a hat-trick from Dembélé and a brace from Ramos, Paris extinguished the SB29. Éric Roy, the Breton club’s coach, once again came out to torpedo the refereeing at the microphones of beIN SPORTS.
Roy: “Someone explain to me how VAR could have validated that goal”.
Are there a lot of regrets?
There are still a lot of regrets, because losing by 3 goals in that game is tough. Then there’s the second goal. Didn’t that shock you as specialists? For me, it’s a scandal. I’d like someone to explain to me how VAR was able to validate that goal. I’m asking you specialists and consultants what you think of that goal. The Parisian player was in an offside position.
We’re in the best period of our game and at this point in the match Paris Saint-Germain and I can’t help believing that if we score this goal, they’ll deny it to us. There’s nothing worse than taking that 5-2 lead when we’re on the front foot. Honestly, it’s a real scandal.
Are you convinced that there’s some kind of measuring stick with PSG?
I’m convinced. It often comes down to teams like Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain. Maybe it’s because they’re very strong institutions and there are favourable preconceptions.
“My players feel cheated and scorned”.
I like this team…
But I like this team too. But I’m disappointed for my players. They feel cheated. They feel scorned and somehow not rewarded. People who didn’t see the match will think that Brest were beaten by PSG. In the end, that’s the reality. It’s hard to take.
Are there going to be these two Champions League games? How can everyone be so well coordinated?
It’s difficult, especially when you have the quality of PSG. We have to be grateful and maybe even if they’d called off that second goal we’d still have lost. That’s not the point and there’s a lot of quality on the other side. The difficulty is to keep up with the work they do. They’ve got some great players and there are a lot of players who make incredible one-on-one differences. It’s a learning process and we want to help the boys progress.
