In midfield, caught by Kylian Mbappé's dazzling body feint, he intervened late and inflicted a nasty blow on the Parisian star.
Lilian Brassier, 24 years old and author of a very good season with Brest, received a second yellow card and left the field.
On Wednesday evening, the central defender from Argenteuil was the target of several racist insults on his Instagram account.
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The Brestois apologized on Wednesday evening when leaving the Parc des Princes.
“I blame myself, I hope for his sake that there is nothing serious,” said the player at the microphone of France Bleu Breizh Izel.
It's part of football.
I wanted to intervene on the ball at my feet, but unfortunately, I missed.
» Eric Roy, the Brest coach, defended his player.
“I don’t think it’s a blood move, he thinks he’s going to get the ball and he’s going too fast.
He lacked discernment, he made a mistake five minutes before... But hey, things happen so quickly... There was no intention to hurt, Lilian is not a bad boy.
He is learning, he remains a young central defender with a lot of future and qualities.
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Kylian Mbappé was able to resume the game and finish the match.
He had scored the first goal of this round of 16 of the Coupe de France (3-1 victory). The captain of the French team nevertheless grimaced after this sudden shock to the ankle.
His condition obviously worried all the supporters.
One week before the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League against Real Sociedad (February 14 at 9 p.m.), losing Kylian Mbappé would be catastrophic for PSG.
But just after the match, Luis Enrique was reassuring.
“The doctors are going to do tests tomorrow, he took a big blow to his ankle.
He was able to finish the match, so I don’t think it will be very serious,” said the Parisian coach.
For the moment, Paris Saint-Germain has not communicated on the precise state of health of its attacker and the possible consequences of Brassier's fault.