Night landing: The French champion still dreams of restoring the ability from last season Israel today

The 1-0 loss on Saturday to newcomer Clermo was for Lil a painful reminder of the huge gap that existed between what was and what is.

The minimal loss to one of the weakest teams in the league broke a streak of three wins and landed it back on the ground.

Instead of skipping to the top of the table, close to places leading to Europe next season, the team from the north of France remained in tenth place with it closer to last place than first place.

It was Lille's fourth loss of the season in ten league games, one more than the number of losses the team has recorded in all of last season, which ended in a championship.

"We got to the bottom," club president Olivier LaTang sadly concluded, "we were really bad."

Lil knew it would be difficult to impossible to recreate the good of last year.

It failed to do so after the previous championship in 2010 and when PSG was still a full-fledged team, and a year later saw Montpellier collapse under the yoke of success.

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The first to realize that failure is probably inevitable was Christophe Galatia, the coach who led the team to the fourth championship in its history.

Two days after the trophy was lifted, he announced his departure and explained: "I think my time here is over. Four years is more than enough for a coach, I do not want to fall into a routine."

So Galatia went to Nice, and was replaced by Josslan Gurbanc.

Lille wanted Lucian Fabre, Laurent Blanc, Claudio Ranieri and Patrick Vieira, but all turned down the offer.

Gorbanak, a former coach of Bordeaux and Gangan, not only was given an impossible task in the form of a champion unable to maintain her title, but was also a default and inexperienced in Europe.

"It's a tough but fascinating challenge at the same time," he said after signing the contract.

Renato Sanchez in loss to Clermo, Photo: AFP,

The faculty is actually maintained for the most part.

Goalkeeper Mike Manian has been sold to AC Milan, midfielder Bovacari Somara has left for Leicester City, winger Louise Araujo has been selected in the US, and this is more or less the case.

Many of the players have failed to recover from last season - Borak Ilmaz has scored just twice so far against 16 goals last year, while brakemen Sven Botman and Jose Font have failed to represent the defense, which has already conceded 15 goals against 23 all of last season - and to that must be added injuries Of Renato Sanchez and a very modest purchase made in the summer.

What's done is done

Champions League participation also adds to the load, and despite the most comfortable early home that could have been requested, Lille opened the tournament with a 0-0 home draw against Wolfsburg and a 2-1 loss to Red Bull Salzburg.

"What we did last year was amazing, but life goes on," Pont said, "what it was was history, now you have to work hard."

Coach Gorbanak added: "If we stay together, we can get out of it."

The loss to Clermo is blamed on the night by Borak Ilmaz's subtraction and by the fact that Canadian star Jonathan David returned from the national team backlog and partnered only in the last 20 minutes, but it is clear that the rift is not a point.

For a while now, Gurbanc has been demanding his players rise to a big game to change the momentum of the season, but apart from winning the Super Cup against PSG, Bloomfield is missing at the start of the season and a win over Marseille two weeks ago, the champion has no such moments this season.

Maybe tonight, against Sevilla, will come this victory that will remind the night that its championship is a right to be enjoyed, and not an obligation.