Renato Sanches and Le Losc won 1-0 at the Parc -

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Don't tell them about an exploit.

Lille showed moderate joy after their 1-0 success on the Parc des Princes lawn on Saturday night.

Not that Christophe Galtier and his men are unhappy with their performance - the Mastiffs coach even said he was "proud" - but something tells us that they are not satisfied with this success.

The word "ambitious" came back several times in the mouth of captain José Fonte and Mike Maignan's speech in the locker room, as the two men told us, seems to go in this direction.

"There was a lot of madness in the locker room," said the Portuguese.

We're happy but Mike immediately spoke and calmed everyone down.

He put everyone in this state of mind which wants us to lack a long way to go ”.

Seven games and 21 points to distribute, they hammered behind the microphones.

Nothing is done.

Yes, the Losc is in this "war" in Fonte's terms, but in all modesty.

Galtier: “We are first with 66 points on the 31st day, I'll let you draw the conclusions.

We are in the fight but Monaco is there, Paris is there and Lyon is there.

“Certainly, but in the meantime, Lille are alone up there, with somewhat boring matches to come and only one really complicated against OL.

The athletic bet to counter Mbappé

No euphoria or exploit, therefore.

PSG or not, Neymar, Mbappé or not.

Just the satisfaction of having done the job well according to the plan set by the boss these last three days.

Perhaps that's what the evening winners pride themselves on the most.

“There was more density in our block, more balance to avoid being blocked by Paris and to avoid giving them depth.

We prepared all that, ”admits the technician from Lille, who learned from the defeat in the Coupe de France with a supporting example, that of Renato Sanches and Djalo on the right in order to bring an athletic dimension to this corridor imprinted by the TGV Mbappé.

Successful bet.

The first is at the origin of the only goal of the meeting and the second put the French striker and Neymar in his pocket where many predicted a Thilo Kehrer shipwreck.

But José Fonte insists, out of the question to crown one or two with laurels.

The victory is collective: “I am happy with the performance of the attackers, midfielders and full-backs.

It's a game where you had to be aggressive.

Against players like Ney and Mbappé, you have to be tough.

Not with malice, but with aggressiveness, showing that it is a war that we want to win.

"

My that a great team

The bellicose speech refers directly to the preparation for this shock, where it was question for Christophe Galtier to explain what separated the beautiful Lille team from that which could defeat and overtake PSG in this start of the final sprint.

“I gave them a long speech this morning to tell them that we often said that we had played well against Ajax [in the Europa League].

But in the end, we were eliminated, and against Paris too [in the Coupe de France].

At the high level sometimes it takes something else to win.

"

Confirmation of the Portuguese defender.

“The coach spoke a lot this morning.

When he expresses himself, there is passion.

He shows us that in this kind of match we have to do more, regain our strength.

This extra thing translated into a certain offensive opportunism, a compact block, intelligent pressing, defensive solidity until the last moments when Paris pushed to equalize and insane speed in the defensive-offensive transitions.

These often took the middle and the defense of the Parisians by default, so much so that Keylor Navas almost had to play libero in the first period to fill holes.

Christophe Galtier nevertheless regrets an excess of haste in the use of the ball when it comes to going forward: "we intercepted balls in specific places where we could have avoided the haste, looking for the pass too fast.

“No, really, don't look, euphoria and complacency have not yet taken up residence in the Losc locker room.

“This match can create momentum.

It's a reminder for everyone to see that we have the ability to be a great team, concludes José Fonte.

If we play this kind of game for the last seven games we can give our team a chance to do something good this year.

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