Under the floodlights at Le Blé, Brest turned a Matchday 6 meeting with Angers into a five-goal statement. Julien Lachuer’s side won 5-1 on Saturday night, reaching half-time four goals ahead before Pathé Mboup completed the scoring early in the second half.
The move
Lachuer has built his early Brest team around collective attacking patterns, and the rout offered a clear illustration. Five different players scored, while four separate teammates supplied assists, as Brest climbed provisionally to the top of Ligue 1’s scoring chart with 12 goals from six matches.
Kamory Doumbia was again influential for the hosts. The Mali international, standing 1.70m tall, won the penalty which Kenny Lala converted for the third goal after weaving through the Angers defence in the 30th minute.
The standout team move came for the fifth. Brest worked the ball through a sequence rehearsed on the training pitch before Mboup finished in the 54th minute.
Lachuer said he had only learned after the game that Brest were Ligue 1’s leading scorers. He welcomed the statistic but insisted there was no room for complacency with a long campaign still ahead.
The coach credited the result to the mentality established since the start of the season: a collective commitment, repeated running, clear principles and a willingness to attack the opposing goal.
The French season around it
Brest briefly eased off after the interval, understandable after an opening 45 minutes in which Angers were overwhelmed. The scale of the lead recalled a happier recent Brest memory: Doumbia’s four-goal display in a 4-0 win over Lorient on 23 December 2023 during the 2023-24 season.
This time, however, the attacking burden was shared far more widely. Lachuer said developing links between players was essential, particularly because coaches are rarely given enough time to refine them. In football, he argued, the understanding created between teammates can make the whole greater than its individual parts.
- Julien Lachuer — Brest coach
- Kamory Doumbia — Brest midfielder
- Kenny Lala — scorer of Brest’s 30th-minute penalty
- Pathé Mboup — scorer of Brest’s fifth goal
- Éric Roy — Lachuer’s predecessor, who died on 17 June
Lachuer said the fifth goal reflected the positional work and combinations his staff are trying to establish. When players reproduce training-ground patterns in a match, he said, it gives a coach particular satisfaction.
The performance also carried an emotional backdrop. Brest’s attacking display unfolded alongside fireworks from the Celtics Ultras, who were marking their 25th anniversary. On a night when the stands and the pitch moved together, Brest found both celebration and a promising attacking identity.
