Lille (AFP)

Jonathan Bamba, Burak Yilmaz, Luiz Araujo and now Yusuf Yazici, author of a treble Thursday in the Europa League: Lille will count on its multiple offensive weapons to recover its place of leader, Sunday during the 8th day in Nice (17:00).

The Turkish playmaker, who led Losc to victory on the lawn of Sparta Prague (4-1) for his entry into the running on the European scene, came to reshuffle the cards of competition in an already very rich northern squad .

However, Yazici is not sure of having won his starting place because his coach must intelligently manage the playing time of his players for the marathon that awaits his team before the international break, with 5 matches in 15 days. .

"His performance was magnificent. In a week to a match, when we score three goals, we have to be on the field. But then we replay 48 hours later (a little less than 72 hours in reality, editor's note), and there has the sequence of matches, "said Christophe Galtier on Saturday.

"I have not yet made my decision. Obviously this hat-trick is delighted me and calls out to me on the composition of the team that I will have to do. But these are good problems!", He added.

- Yazici rewarded?

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Yazici, recruited for 16 million euros in August 2019 but the victim of a rupture of the cruciate ligaments four months later, has not yet succeeded in winning and is rarely in the starting lineup in Lille.

But he scored points in the Czech Republic, and Galtier has a habit of rewarding deserving players.

"There is not and there will not be a championship team and a Europa League team. It is the state of form at the moment T and the performances that count. I do not forbid myself nothing ", underlined the technician northerner.

Thus, last month, Brazilian winger Luiz Araujo (two goals) won his starting place to the detriment of Jonathan Ikoné by achieving two good consecutive performances.

Best defense in the championship with only two goals conceded, Lille has also set the sights offensively and stacks the goals in recent weeks, like the North derby on Sunday where the Mastiffs corrected Lens (4-0).

Jonathan Bamba, barely last year, has been excellent since the start of the season and already has three goals and four assists.

As for experienced Turkish striker Burak Yilmaz, he has scored one goal in each of the last three league games and is building up after a tricky start.

"The first month was a bit complicated because there are big differences between France and Turkey but I got over this difficult period of adaptation," said the Turkey captain on Saturday.

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Paradoxically, it is the one we expected the most who does not respond present for the moment: the Canadian Jonathan David, recruited for 27 million euros this summer from La Gantoise, has in fact still not scored and could lose its titular place on the Côte d'Azur.

“A few years ago, Nico (Pépé) took a little time to adapt and after that got carried away so we have to put things into perspective. There is progress but also a lack of efficiency,” acknowledged Galtier .

If he wants to resume his chair in Paris SG leader on Sunday, Losc will have to be wary of Nice, fifth in L1 who will have to react after being swept (6-2) in Leverkusen Thursday in the Europa League.

"The score calls out, but Bayer is a Champions League team. There will be a reaction from Nice and we should not fall into the easy, warned Galtier. My role is to keep my group in awakening, to warn him. "

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