• Wednesday's success against Reims does not erase Losc's failed start to the season.

  • With two completely different halves, the Northerners still managed to scare each other.

  • The reigning French champion is still recovering.

The ovation from the Pierre Mauroy stadium at the end of the match looked very relieved.

After two defeats in a row in Ligue 1, Losc returned to victory on Wednesday against Reims (2-1).

Enough to give the reigning French champion a bit of a break after a complicated start to the season.

“We responded at a time when we had to win back.

It was important to give our audience a boost, ”admitted Jocelyn Gourvennec, the Lille coach.

It must be said that Losc was expected at the turn by its supporters.

Whistled as they entered the lawn, the people of Lille also saw banners of discontent bloom in the stands.

"Enough", "Get moving", "Deserve our encouragement", "Awakening" "Last chance", five very clear messages to signify that no right to error was allowed after Saturday's defeat in the Derby.

“It's a bit normal too.

There was the derby on Saturday, we lost it and this match was very important for the supporters.

We knew there was going to be a reaction but we are pros and we have to accept it, ”said Jonathan David, the Lille striker.

A Losc with two faces

Fortunately, the Losc quickly took the road to redemption thanks to a well-controlled first period against apathetic Rémois.

The goals of David and André have especially allowed Jocelyn Gourvennec to blow a big blow and to gain a little respite.

Problem, the Losc still managed to scare themselves despite their two goals ahead.

Proof that the northern club is far from having regained form, the feverishness displayed in the second period almost made Lille plunge back into the crisis.

"The entry of Kebbal embarrassed us", justified Gourvennec.

But the good comeback of the young Rémois, as brilliant as it is, does not explain everything.

Lille is still recovering

Because the champion of France has fallen back into his glimpses since the start of the season when the ball burns the feet of the defenders and can not get to the front.

“I didn't think we could lose those three points.

I was still calm even if they were pushing, ”assured Jonathan David.

The fact remains that if this Losc does not rise quickly, a relapse seems very likely.

“We cannot be satisfied with a good victory at home.

We have to go on and recover well to keep freshness ”.

With Strasbourg, Salzburg and OM on the menu for the next ten days, Lille will quickly be fixed on its real level.

Real click or simple reprieve, we will quickly know if this success against Reims can finally launch the season of a champion of France still recovering.

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