Le Losc lost at home against Ajax -

CHRISTOPHE SAIDI / SIPA

  • Losc must achieve a feat this Thursday on the lawn of Ajax Amsterdam to advance to the knockout stages of the Europa League.

  • Even if an elimination can also arrange the affairs of the northern club in the conquest of the title of champion of France.

There are bad results that are good.

Beaten at home and outclassed in the game on February 18 in the round of 16 first leg of the Europa League (1-2), Losc must achieve a feat this Thursday on the lawn of Ajax Amsterdam.

To go to the eighth, Christophe Galtier's men must win by two goals or win by scoring three goals minimum to the Dutch.

The task promises to be very complicated, but paradoxically could well arrange the Northerners.

Leader of Ligue 1 with three points ahead of OL and four over PSG, Losc can clearly begin to dream of the title of champion with twelve days remaining.

To achieve this kind of feat, the Europa League and its weekday matches could start by becoming a handicap.

"If Losc is eliminated by Ajax, it will be quiet because it is complicated to chain the big games after the European Cup", assured the coach Alain Perrin, author of the double with Lyon in 2008, Tuesday in the columns of the Team.

One way of saying that without Europe, the northern club would have a better chance of being champion.

A feat can boost team confidence

An elimination would therefore have significant advantages over the rest of the season in terms of recovery.

But the Losc can also see the glass half full.

And think that a nice European course that would continue in the event of an exploit in Amsterdam can also be a huge

booster

for the end of the season.

“If they do the feat, it will strengthen the confidence of this team.

You're going to come out even stronger than you already were.

You have to take that as an important match that will also prepare them for what will follow in the league against the big teams.

It would be a mistake to scuttle the competition even if the result of the first leg clearly compromises qualification, ”said Grégory Tafforeau, ex-captain of Losc (2001-2009) who became a consultant for

France Bleu Nord

.

Beaten on the first leg, the Losc will not have to play with the handbrake and will have no calculations to do except to show a better face.

Without much pressure since not many people believe in the feat, the northern club has yet the weapons to reverse the situation.

Or quickly move on.

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