It was tough in Brest.

But the Racing club of Strasbourg Alsace managed a small feat on Saturday against the Brestois remained on three wins in a row.

Bretons who have already beaten Monaco, Lille, Marseille and recently Lyon in this Ligue 1 season.

Julien Stéphan's men, who had meanwhile snatched a 3-3 draw last week at La Meinau against the Parisian champions, stumbled on the Brest defense for a long time, but once again Kevin Gameiro found the fault (72nd).

With this short success, Strasbourg, which will receive Clermont next week before finishing in Marseille, regains a European place (5th, 60 points), overtaking Nice (6th) on goal difference and leaving Lyon and Lens (7th and 8th) to 5 points, before the games on Sunday and Wednesday.

Very active Kevin Gameiro

Paced and disputed, the match remained balanced for a long time, with a crossbar everywhere in the first period.

Little by little, Strasbourg took the upper hand, thanks in particular to Kevin Gameiro, very active both in disrupting the Brest back lines and in his defensive returns.

And the Strasbourg center-forward ended up being rewarded: launched in depth by Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, he saw Bizot repel his first shot but took advantage of the rebound and a missed tackle from Christophe Hérelle to open the scoring ( 0-1, 72nd).

The Brestois however believed to equalize three minutes later but the goal was canceled after the intervention of the VAR.

A first away victory since February for the Strasbourgeois, despite a completely overhauled defensive line due to the absences of Djiku and Guilbert, suspended, and Lucas Perrin, sick.

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