Able to preserve his point against a superior Juventus (1-1), LOSC delighted the set of “L’Équipe du soir”admiring this diminished but courageous team and still managed to snag a big one.
Dominique Severac highlights the many faces of Lille
“This competition allows us to see several faces of LOSC: the superior LOSC in the game against Real Madrid, the lucky LOSC at Atlético with 3 shots on target and 3 goals, then the LOSC with courage, character, more in resistance and the round back with some flashes against Juventus.
Lille enters the game well, even if they do not have the ball. I think they had no choice but to suffer. We had to tinker on the right with the absences of Thomas Meunier and Tiago Santos. Aïssa Mandi did well. This format revives the spirit of the Cup. This (Tuesday) evening, it is the little one who resists the superior team, with a technical quality obviously much higher than a Coupe de France match. »
Giovanni Castaldi salutes the courage of LOSC
“I remember Bruno Genesio's rant before the Monaco-Atlético-Lens sequence which threw a wrench into the calendar. He lost players to injury during this period. This Lille team went through the preliminary rounds, which did not have an exceptional transfer window and which manages to string together results against great teams with so many absences, that makes it heroic. But obviously Juventus is stronger.
On the penalty, (Benjamin) André is naive because (Francisco) Conceiçao is already starting to fall. Lille has fantastic courage values. Juve was managing the tempo of the match, I told myself that Juve was going 2-1 or 3-1. There was real domination. From the flashes of Jonathan David and especially Edon Zhegrova, Juve was sure of itself. »
Source: L’Équipe channel
Photo credits: Anthony Dibon/Icon Sport
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