Lille did not have a big game on Wednesday against Sevilla.
But to hear the players and the coach, the Losc made a good performance.
There like that, we do not know if it is com or optimism taken to the extreme.
Because the reaction of the players and the Lille coach at the end of the sad draw conceded at home (0-0) Wednesday night against Sevilla FC in the Champions League surprised us a little.
Where we thought we had seen a purge as evidenced by the public whistles at the end, we actually learned that the game had not been that bad.
But where we are sure of ourselves, it is that Losc has not won a Champions League match for nine years, i.e. ten matches in a row without a win.
But hey, as long as there is life, there is hope eh as the people of Lille could have said.
Denial 1. Jocelyn Gourvennec: “We had a good match against a very good team.
It was a tough match and we responded "
Unless you are blind or in bad faith, you can not really say that Losc has released a big game.
Little impact, few chances and a lot of technical waste: we rather had the feeling that the northern club had been very lucky not to take one in the first half.
If Sevilla eased off after the break, Lille did not raise their level of play in a more than average match either.
Denial 2. Amadou Onana “We created a lot of opportunities.
At least 3 or 4 who could have ended up at the bottom.
It's a lack of success ”
This one, we did not expect it.
Smiles even appeared at a press conference upon hearing this sentence.
Never in this match, Lille have had three or four clear chances.
Looking at the stats, the Losc even framed only two shots.
It is little and well below the rain of opportunities imagined by Onana.
Denial 3. Jocelyn Gourvennec: “The players are revengeful compared to two years ago when they only took one point.
There, we have two at the halfway point ”
It is difficult to compare two groups that have little to do with two years apart.
In 2019, Losc had Ajax, Valencia and Chelsea in their pool.
A much stronger draw than this season with Sevilla, Salzburg and Wolfsburg.
Of course, Lille has already done better than two years ago.
But can we really be happy with two draws at home and a defeat at the Austrian champion?
Only the rest of the competition will be able to answer it.
But with two points in three games, it's not really enough to jump to the ceiling.
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