Brest will not rule anything out as unbeaten run fuels European hopes | OneFootball

Stade Brestois beat Le Havre 2-0 on Sunday to stretch their unbeaten run to six and reach 36 points. According to L'Équipe, survival now looks effectively assured, and the form has revived higher ambitions, though Europe is still spoken of cautiously.

A year ago they left the Champions League in the play-offs to Paris-SG, 0-3 and 0-7, yet with one of Ligue 1’s smallest budgets, about 35 million euros, each season starts with safety in mind. This was a third straight win, with one goal conceded in the last five.

They are set for an eighth straight top-flight campaign, a first after their seven-year run from 1981 to 1988. A third consecutive top-half finish is also possible, after 3rd in 2024 and 9th in 2025.

Romain Del Castillo urged restraint, saying proclamations do not secure Europe. With nine games left, Brest are five points off sixth and four from seventh, held by Monaco, where they visit on Saturday, a test Eric Roy views as a benchmark.

Roy prefers step-by-step goals, accepts they would need to overperform to pass stronger squads, and notes early dropped points are hard to recover, but he will not rule anything out. Before the break they go to Monaco then Auxerre on Saturday 21 March, without captain Brendan Chardonnet and in-form forward Ludovic Ajorque, who has five goals in five, both suspended, before hosting Rennes on Saturday 4 April.

Source: L'Équipe