Yazici and Losc suffered against Celtic -

AFP

  • Lille lost Thursday evening in the Europa League on the lawn of Celtic.

  • A first European defeat which relegates the Northerners to second place in Group H synonymous with a somewhat more complicated draw for the round of 16.

End of series for the Losc.

Unbeaten in the Europa League since the start of the season, Lille fell for the first time on Thursday evening on the continental stage.

Beaten on the lawn of Celtic (3-2), Losc loses its first place in Group H. Its defeat combined with the victory of AC Milan in Prague (0-1) relegates Christophe Galtier's men to second place behind the Italians.

A ranking that will make the draw for the round of 16, scheduled for Monday, a little more complicated.

Galtier turned

Even if he defended himself before the match, the northerner coach carried out a large review of a workforce already qualified Thursday night in Scotland.

With no less than five changes from the team that beat Monaco on Sunday in Ligue 1, Lille missed benchmarks for a good hour, including the first starts of the season for Cheik Niasse and Timothy Weah. 

Too many defensive errors

If Losc lost in Scotland, it is partly because of an experimental defense (Bradaric, Djalo, Fonte (then Botman), Niasse) which did not hold up.

Led by the score following a corner taken from the head by Julien (22nd), Losc equalized in stride thanks to Ikoné (22nd).

But a fault by Bradaric in the box on Frimpong (left on injury) allowed Celtic to regain the advantage on a penalty converted by Mcgregor (28th) In the second half, Weah managed to equalize (70th) but once again , the Scots took the advantage just behind on a shot from Turnbull (75th).

From heavy to draw

Second in its group, the Losc will have a complicated draw on Monday.

In the round of 16, he will move back and face one of the top 11 group in the Europa League or one of the top four third in the Champions League group.

Among his potential opponents are teams like Napoli, Manchester United, Ajax Amsterdam, Roma, Arsenal, Leicester and Tottenham.

In short, almost heavy for the round of 16 which will be played on February 18 and 25.

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