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Grbic, a solid bulwark
If he is still far from forgetting Mike Maignan, who left for Milan, Ivo Grbic is getting more and more thick in the Lille cages. The Croatian loaned by Atlético Madrid brilliantly contained the rare dangerous attempts of Sevilla FC (6 shots on target). He was able to capture the full axis attempts of Suso and Ocampos but was especially illustrated by spreading his 95 meter on a rolled shot from Ocampos (29th). Still serene to save his family twice at the end of the match (80th). The only alert, his recovery completely missed, where he was saved on his line by Tiago Djalo (19th).
Ocampos and Suso had wings
The two Sevillian wingers were the two most threatening players in the game. If they were able to switch between the sides, the two former Milanese especially shone in their register. Starting from the right to transplant on his left foot for Suso, who could have shot instead of looking for his friend (60th), and doing the exact opposite for Ocampos. The former Marseillais, very active on the left, pushed Grbic to the parade and went there with his acrobatic chisel, one of his signatures, without success (48th). The animation of the Sevillian sides decided with the almost ghostly performance of the center forward Rafa Mir, who suffers from the comparison with the home scorer Youssef En-Nesyri, absent due to injury.
Yilmaz and Bamba showed up.
His return was expected, so Burak Yilmaz responded. His movement and his heavy entry strike set the tone (13th). Depositary rather than dependent on the offensive animation, the
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offered a lot, sometimes on the side, sometimes in the axis, thus abandoning the surface, where Jonathan David, also expected, was invisible (12 balls played). We will regret the offside of the Turk, where his bad gesture on Diego Carlos when he was going to appear alone in front of Bounou (90th + 2). For his part, Jonathan Bamba was the offensive player who touched the most balls (60). Very active on his side, unlike Renato Sanches (see below), however lacked responsiveness in the area (33rd, 54th).
LiveLille forced to share points with Sevilla
Flops
Lille fullers neutral in front and tender behind
The presence of Andalusian wingers in the tops implies the presence of Lille fullers in the flops.
Willing for want of being sharp on their sides, the northern side, imprecise in their transmission, especially suffered in the defensive duel against a very stretched Sevillian offensive line.
Celik also appeared very angry, evidenced by his unnecessary yellow card for pushing Ocampos, while the game was stopped (57th).
If they were often found on the wings, the quality of cross was not there (one successful cross in seven).
Sanches, penniless Golden Boy
Another night to forget for the 2016 Golden Boy. Quite annoyed when he came out in the 70th minute, it was difficult to read the origin of his frustration. Perhaps this missed opportunity, the biggest in Losc, when he shot Bounou at close range (27th). A goal would have given a whole different reading to this very lackluster performance, materialized by 14 losses of ball. Admittedly, the Portuguese is less in verb when he is exiled on the right side, but his influence decreases as the weeks go by. And Jonathan Ikoné, who entered in his place, offers a more credible profile for this post.
The black series of Losc continues
November 20, 2012. Losc wins 2-0 on the lawn of Belarusians Bate Borisov.
And runs after his first Champions League victory since.
20 matches later (including the play-offs), the Mastiffs have still not tasted success in the most prestigious of European competitions, a series increased to 13 matches on their land (a co-record).
A sad series revealing Lille's setbacks in C1, where they finished last in their group during their last three campaigns (2011, 2012, 2019).
If everything remains to be played in this homogeneous group, the gang in Jocelyn Gourvennec will have to do much more under penalty of reliving the nightmarish campaign of 2019 (1 point in 6 matches).