UEFA go to Brest’s stadium in view of potential Champions League qualification TERMAN WEBSITE

UEFA officers visited the Stade Francis Le-Blé over the weekend in view of Stade Brestois’ potential qualification for subsequent season’s Champions League. 

Brest have been Ligue 1’s shock package deal this season. Eric Roy’s facet have been tipped to be in a relegation battle, however opposite to expectations, they presently sit second with simply eight matches remaining. This season, 4 groups will qualify for the Champions League, with the highest three continuing robotically to the group stage section. 

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Nevertheless, within the occasion that Les Brestois do qualify for the Champions League, they might not be capable to host matches at their very own stadium. The 15,000-capacity stadium is reaching the top of its life cycle with plans to construct a brand new stadium, set to be accomplished in 2027 underway. 

Talking completely to Get French Soccer Information in February, Brest sporting director Grégory Lorenzi revealed that the development of the brand new stadium was “a vital component” within the membership’s evolution. Consequently, there’s a reticence to do work on the Stade Francis Le-Blé, which sustained vital harm throughout a storm final November, which precipitated matches at Brest’s dwelling floor to be postponed. 

Brest president, Denis Le Saint, has advised L’Équipe that additional work wouldn’t be finished on the stadium. “Now we have no plans to redo the stands between now and August […] it’s not attainable and financially unimaginable,” he stated. 

UEFA to afford Brest exemption?

Based on Prime Video Sport, it’s inside this context that UEFA officers visited the bottom, which is presently marked on their scale as a Class 2 floor out of 4. In an effort to adjust to Champions League rules, the stadium should match inside Class 4. Work must be finished within the VIP, press and parking sections, while work would additionally should be finished on the lighting of the bottom, to ensure that it to adjust to the rules.

It was UEFA’s first inspection of the stadium. Ought to Brest reach qualifying for the Champions League, UEFA would then want to offer an exemption to ensure that dwelling video games to be hosted on the Stade Francis Le-Blé. 

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