Nervous, the Mastiffs broke down at the Aube stadium, in line with their disappointing season which saw their values ​​of solidarity, so strong during their coronation last year, evaporate.

Symbols of the end of the cycle that is coming, executives Renato Sanches and Burak Yilmaz have cracked.

The Portuguese first received two warnings in a few seconds (50th), including one for making fun of the referee, then the Turk received a red card for a tackle from behind (68th).

Their teammates were no better.

They managed the feat of conceding three penalties, all converted by Florent Tardieu (43rd, 86th) and Ike Ugbo (55th).

L'Estac, which had seized the technical direction of the arbitration this week, believing that it had been wronged last weekend in Nice (0-1), had only obtained three penalties so far this season.

This new setback for Lille, the tenth of the season, marks the end of a cycle for a team that had finished in the top 4 for the past three years.

Three days before the end of the season, Losc is in a disappointing 10th place with 51 points, six lengths from a possible place for the modest Europa League Conference.

The fall is terrible for a team that qualified brilliantly last fall for the knockout stages of the Champions League.

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Troyes, on the other hand, takes a five-point lead over the barrage Saint-Etienne, before going to play at Paris SG on Sunday.

An additional victory will allow him to maintain himself for good.

From the start of the match, Lille monopolized the ball, but failed to create clear chances.

Losc claimed a penalty for an alleged foul on Yilmaz (29th), but neither the referee nor the video assistance to arbitration (VAR) did not flinch.

A few minutes later, Estac benefited from a first penalty for a contact between Tristan Dingome and Edon Zhegrova.

Tardieu did not miss the offering (43rd).

The Mastiffs came back more motivated after the break, but they quickly became disillusioned.

On a harmless action, Sanches criticized the referee, Willy Delajod, who gave him two yellow cards in just a few seconds (50th).

In the process, Troyes benefited from a new penalty for a foul by Sven Botman on Ugbo, who widened the gap (55th).

At nine after the dangerous tackle from Yilmaz, Losc then drank the chalice to the dregs with a third penalty conceded by Benjamin André and transformed by Tardieu (86th).

Without any objective to achieve, the end of the season now looks very long for the Mastiffs...

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