The football season resumes with the return of Red and White players, starting their summer preparation Monday, June 30 under the direction of Eric Roy. The day was devoted to medical examinations and distribution of equipment to professionals. On Tuesday, the Brest team will resume collective training at the SICA-Prince Centre in Brittany. This initial phase is crucial to prepare the upcoming season and optimize the fitness of the players.

Attention is also drawn to Evan Guessand, an attacker born in July 2001 in Ajaccio and of Franco-Ivorian nationality. After starting at the GOC Nice, he had experiences of lending in Lausanne-Sport and Nantes, before winning as a regular player in Nice during the 2024-25 season. This season, he demonstrated greater offensive efficiency, with 11 goals and 7 assists, and recently chose to represent the national team of Côte d’Ivoire after having been international hope with France.

The Nice – Brest match will be arbitrated by 46-year-old Hakim Ben El Hadj from the Rhône-Alpes League, who has been playing in Ligue 1 since 2017-2018. It is known for its severe arbitrary, with an average of 4 yellow cards and 0.2 red cards per match. He has already played 18 times in matches involving Brest, with a score of 8 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats, the last meeting going back to a 4-2 victory in Toulouse last March. He will be assisted by Alexis Auger and Valentin Evrard, with Mikaël Lesage as alternate referee and Yohann Rouinsaard and Elisa Daupeux at the VAR.