Yazici and Losc leave the Europa League -

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  • Beaten by Ajax, Lille is eliminated from the Europa League.

  • The northerner club can have regrets because it could have won in the Netherlands.

  • Eliminated from the Europa League, the northern club will now be able to focus entirely on the quest for the title of champion of France

As always or almost in recent years, PSG will therefore be the last representative of French football in the European Cup.

Beaten Thursday in Amsterdam (2-1) in the round of 16 second leg, Losc said goodbye to the Europa League not without regret.

Because the northern club delivered a good performance on the lawn of Ajax and did not necessarily deserve this defeat.

But that, logical, of the first leg (1-2) will have weighed heavily as recognized by Christophe Galtier.

"We can only have a good match to qualify"

“What you have to remember is that in this competition and even more against Ajax, you can only have a good match to qualify.

You have to be good on both games.

This is a lesson to be learned.

I still don't have the answer to my questions about the first game.

Tonight I appreciated the way my players have evolved.

On the double confrontation, we are penalized in the surfaces.

Tonight, we created a lot of situations for ourselves but we only scored one goal.

There is disappointment, frustration, but I liked the way the team behaved, ”recognizes a northern coach who did not want to take refuge behind a very questionable arbitration to explain this elimination.

A European experience that can help for Ligue 1

To erase these European regrets, the northern club will now be able to focus fully on the championship.

Leader of Ligue 1 twelve days from the end, Losc can believe in the title of champion.

The end of the continental adventure and matches during the week will lighten the Lille calendar a little.

And the accumulated experience could well be a plus for the end of the season.

“We played Europe thoroughly.

We had a very good run in a difficult pool with a reference match at San Siro against AC Milan (0-3).

The European Cup serves to imbue high level players in terms of intensity, tactics and determination.

I dare to hope that it will serve us for what we have left at the end of the season.

», Says Christophe Galtier.

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