A week after being held in check on the lawn of AS Saint-Etienne, Losc resumed its march forward thanks to its precious victory this Sunday against Monaco, another contender for the podium of the L1.
What you must remember
If PSG took a little lead on Saturday evening at the top of Ligue 1, the hunt for the place of dolphin is raging behind, between five teams who stand in a small point (Marseille, Lille, Lyon, Monaco and Montpellier ).
The Lille-Monaco duel this Sunday noon opposing two of these contenders was all the shock par excellence, during this 13th day, between two training players on paper and exciting for a few weeks.
At the Pierre-Mauroy stadium, the first period was padlocked by good defenses.
It was not until the… 42nd minute to see the first real opportunity, with this heavy strike from Jonathan Bamba pushed back from a horizontal by Vito Mannone.
Then everything got wrapped up in the second act.
The Italian goalkeeper then worked on a free kick from Burak Yilmaz (49th), but could not do anything on the opening of the score under the bar of Jonathan David (1-0, 53rd), who took advantage of 'a deflected strike from Jonathan Ikoné to score his 2nd goal in L1 this season.
On a dazzling counter, Yusuf Yazici scored his 4th goal of the season in the Championship (2-0, 65th), that of the break for Lille who only bowed on the late goal of Pietro Pellegri (2-1, 90th).
After having validated his ticket for the round of 16 of the Europa League on Thursday, Losc obtained their seventh victory of the season (5 draws, 1 defeat), to take 2nd place with three points ahead of their opponent of the day.
Stop for Monaco (5th), which remained on 4 victories in the league.
The player: Jonathan David
His efforts finally pay off.
Criticized since the start of the season for his sterility in the face of goal, despite encouraging performances, Jonathan David finally seems to have averted fate.
The Canadian striker, Losc's dearest rookie, scored his second goal of the season, two weeks after unblocking his counter against Lorient (4-0).
Tenured alongside Burak Yilmaz, author of sixty-two courageous minutes until his replacement by Yazıcı, David gradually gained the confidence of Christophe Galtier, who had never stopped believing in him.
Jonathan David 🇨🇦 is involved on 5 goals during his last 5 starts in official competition with @losclive (2 goals, 3 assists).
#LOSCASM
- Football Stats (@Statsdufoot) December 6, 2020
The number: 4
Niko Kovac's players remain stuck with four victories in a row, and have not made the pass of five in the same exercise since February-May 2017 (12), year when the Monegasques had validated their title of champion of France.