LIVE – Brest-Leverkusen: the Bretons push to make a difference

The referee announces seven more minutes.

Salah’s unnecessary foul on Frimpong logically takes a yellow.

Adli is out injured, it is the former Rennes Martin Terrier who replaces him.

Caught at the last minute by Haidara as usual, Adli seemed to have hurt himself very badly when he fell. The former Toulouse player directly asks for change and remains on the ground.

Camara’s strong full-axis recovery is pushed back by Kovar.

Wirtz fouls Camara close to the goal, after the referee’s whistle, the German takes his nerve on the ball and is penalized with a yellow.

Double change from Brest who tries everything to score a new goal. Ajorque and Del Castillo give way to Salah and Faivre.

Bayer Leverkusen continues the offensive, on a new corner, Tah takes the ball with his head but Bizot catches it.

On a low cross, Haidara diverts the ball to the far post but it is very close to his own camp.

Sima visibly affected leaves the field, Mama Baldé returns.

Tella, Palacios and Schick give way to Adli, Frimpong and Xhaka.

Faced with the impasse, Xabi Alonso brings in one of his best elements with the arrival of Frimpong.

Brest is on fire and continues the chances, it’s Lees-Melou who strikes again but his shot is blocked for a corner.

Served by Lala with a long cross, Ajorque tries to head but it lacks power, the goalkeeper takes it without problem.

He is on fire, still well served at the entrance to the area, the former Nice player eliminates the player and rolls in his shot. But his shot narrowly missed the target.

Brest is already moving forward and starts strong, Lees-Melou tries his luck from afar but misses the target.

Brest kicks off this second half.

It’s half-time, heroic Brest neutralizes Leverkusen at the break.

The referee announces two minutes of added time.

So well launched in depth, Ajorque is neutralized by Tah and does not look up to see Del Castillo alone on his right. The Finistère striker ends up making a mistake with his back to goal.

Brest has difficulty showing itself, on a nice sequence of passes, Del Castillo tries to break lines to make a difference. The Breton winger looks for his striker Ajorque but Tah is vigilant and pushes the ball back into touch.

Alone, Wirtz eliminates several defenders with disconcerting ease. The German manages to open up a shooting angle and continues but Bizot is vigilant and lies down well to catch the ball.

After opening the score, the Bretons tried a little harder and increased their runs forward. But on the counterattacks Bayer does poorly.

Brest wastes a first round of ammunition. On a free kick, Del Castillo misses his cross in the area and puts too much, the Leverkusen goalkeeper catches a fleeing ball in the air.

On a loss of the ball 30 meters from Lees-Melou, Tella found Hofmann who struck with first intention. His curled shot misses the target, the first alert on the Brest goal.

The Brest goalkeeper warms up his gloves in the best possible way. On a beautiful cross from Grimaldo on the left, the Finistère goalkeeper flies away to grab the ball.

With one touch of the ball Wirtz appears dangerous. The German finds his partner Schick launched in the axis, the scorer puts it back for Hofmann who is caught by a forest of Brest legs. Chardonnet has the last word and restarts cleanly for Brest.

Tella is the most dangerous at the start of the game on his right side. The Nigerian opens a window for a cross shot but Haïdara throws himself well to deflect for a corner.

Nice sequence from Brest on the right side, Kenny Lala attempts a cross but the former Strasbourg man opens his foot too much. Kovar grabs it easily to restart quickly.

The Brestois as soon as they lose the ball press together to prevent an easy restart. This tactic paid off since Brest recovered a ball in the last 20 meters but Pierre Lees Melou missed his pass, the Germans regained the ball.

Long phase of possession for Bayer Leverkusen who rotates the ball quietly to exhaust the Bretons before finding space behind them.

Bayer moves the Brest block well from right to left and makes differences with each acceleration. On a cross from Tella, no one takes it but Garcia hits hard. His shot is repelled by the defense.

The players enter the pitch. The 22 actors enter the field.

Like Brest, Bayer Leverkusen won their first two Champions League matches this season. A crushing victory against Feyenoord on the first day (0-4) and one against AC Milan (1-0). The German champions have still not conceded a goal.

“80,000 people at the Stade de France, that would be great,” the president of Stade Brestois Denis le Saint spoke in our columns.

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