2023-12-22 10:01:15
Will FC Lorient be one of the first two clubs relegated from the new 18-club Ligue 1 formula? We’re not there yet. But at the break, the Merlus and their coach Régis Le Bris look grim, sitting in a sad 17th and penultimate place in the standings with 12 points, just one ahead of bottom-placed Clermont.
This Wednesday evening, the defeat in the Breton derby against Brest (4-0), inflicted in particular by a quadruplet from the young Brest talent Kamory Doumbia, was the straw that broke the camel’s back. According to reported information first on (formerly Twitter) then by The Team, the tone rose after the meeting in the locker room between the Lorient coach and several of his players, some of whom he would have criticized for a lack of humility. When his captain Vincent Le Goff asked him to clearly name names, he gave four: Benjamin Mendy, Jean-Victor Makengo, Isaak Touré and Romain Faivre. The first two share the same agent as Le Bris.
The Bris at the heart of the turmoil
“Le Bris, who has had full powers since this summer and was the main instigator of the transfer window, is the subject of a harsh campaign against him,” writes L’Équipe, which specifies that his management is considered “distant” and his sporting choices “heavily questioned”.
In this context, the Lorient residents will undoubtedly also, upon returning from the truce, have to deal with a revolt of dissatisfied and angry supporters. This Wednesday night, following the match lost against Brest, one of its groups of ultras carried out an action worthy of a port city by depositing 400 kilos of fish in front of the training center accompanied by a message: “very rotten, like you”. “Let people who are not concerned, and who do not respect the FC Lorient institution, move very far from our club! », communicated the Merlus Ultras 1995.
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