In an atmosphere charged with emotion at Francis-Le Blé, marked by the tribute paid to Eric Roy who died during the summer, Stade Brestois welcomed Paris Saint-Germain for the closing of the 4th day of Ligue 1. Building on their European demonstration in the middle of the week against Slovan Bratislava (6-1), the Parisians presented themselves in Brittany with a renewed attack line, where Ferran Torres started up front alongside by Ousmane Dembélé and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
Luis Enrique’s men wereted no time in making their good start a reality. From the 5th minute, after a triangle play started by Joao Neves and extended with a backheel by Dembélé, Torres adjusted Selvik with a low shot from 20 meters (0-1, 5th). PSG then insisted on making the break, but the Brest goalkeeper intervened in front of Dembélé then Kvaratskhelia (9th), before releasing a decisive tap on a curling shot from the Georgian (23rd). Brest tried to react before the break with Mboup, whose deflected attempt forced Safonov to make a nice reflex save (37th), a few minutes before the exit due to injury of Achraf Hakimi (39th).
Safonov disgusted Brest in the second half
Upon returning from the locker room, the meeting got heated and the SB29 clearly heated up. Brest got an equalizer on a missed restart from Nuno Mendes, but Doumbia’s shot hit Safonov’s post (50th). In the process, a counterattack from Locko was canceled by the referee for a present foul by Zaire-Emery (52nd), before Safonov made a spectacular header on an angry header from Doumbia (57th). The last Breton rampart Selvik, for his part, distinguished himself by depriving Neves of the second Parisian goal on a header (69th) then on a recovery in a tackle at the far post (71st).
During the last quarter of an hour, Paris showed slightly more things with the entries of Désiré Doué and Maghnes Akliouche. Finally, it was again Safonov who disgusted a restless Pathé Mboup (88th). At the end of a second act punctuated by the fierce Breton offensives, the score had no longer changed. By saving the victory through several saves, Matvey Safonov was decisive after an eventful last few weeks for him. This victory allows the Ile-de-France residents to launch their season with a first victory without really reassuring. For its part, this is Brest’s first defeat this season. The Bretons nevertheless lived up to the tribute to Eric Roy.
