Tops
Renato Sanches above the lot
It is the symbol of the transformation of LOSC in seven days.
In difficulty during the defeat in the first leg (1-2), he managed to show a completely different face tonight.
Very active in the midfield, the former Bayern player has shown himself to be the real conductor of the Lille game.
His good crosses allowed the Mastiffs to be dangerous behind the defense of Ajax.
He was the best Lille resident tonight.
Lisandro Martinez decisive
Decisive, the Argentine defender is one of the main reasons Ajax did not give in before the 78th minute and Yazici's penalty.
He is illustrated from the third minute on the long shot from Xeka.
The former Defensa y Justicia saves his people from the opening of the scoring by placing himself in the path of the strike from the Lille midfielder while his goalkeeper was beaten.
Only quack, he is guilty of the big load on Jonathan David in the 76th minute which causes the penalty.
Very solid match for this (small) central defender.
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Flops
Yazici disappointing
If he managed to be decisive by converting the penalty obtained in the 78th minute by Jonathan David, the Turk was below his usual level.
Guilty of bad choices or approximations, such as when he had poor ball control in the 17th minute.
The LOSC is then in a situation of redundancy as the goals of Stekelenburg approach but the attacking midfielder misses his ball grip and allows Ajax to free himself.
Lille efficiency not at the rendezvous
If Lille displayed a completely different face than the first leg, the Mastiffs especially fished when completing the actions.
Only four of the Mastiff's 18 attempts found the frame.
A total too small to hope to reverse the score of the first leg (1-2).
Like Sanches or Bamba, the people of Lille have shown themselves to be too imprecise in the moments of truth.
If they seem to have created more chances than their evening opponents, they still lag behind in terms of XG (expected goals).
Ajax have 2.58XG against 1.75 for Lille.
A statistic which shows that the Dutch have created more opportunities than the residents of Ligue 1.
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