Neutralized by FC Nantes (1-1), LOSC experienced a similar scenario this Friday against AJ Auxerre (0-0). The consultants of The Evening Team judged the Lille collective, but also a certain lack of depth in the squad.
The Mastiffs leave frustrated from their trip to Burgundy. With numerical superiority at the hour mark, they were unable to obtain better than a draw (0-0) on the pitch at the Stade de l’Abbé-Deschamps, home to AJ Auxerre. This point gleaned was not the objective set for LOSC, which still had the opportunity to take a place on the podium. At the final whistle, this disappointment as well as the declarations of Bruno Genesio were commented on by the journalists present around the set of
The Team Evening.
Present on site, in Yonne, David Aiello is one of the first to get started: “Lille did a good first ten minutes, after that it was catastrophic. The second period, there was this slightly crazy sequence, but it lacked speed, accuracy, aggression. The state of mind was not good. We felt that there was a lot of frustration and disappointment from Bruno Genesio towards his players. In terms of state of mind, LOSC did not respond this evening (Friday) and did not succeed in bothering this Auxerre team more than that”he judged, targeting the Lille collective as a whole.
“We all know that the transfer window affects everyone, even the players we think are good”
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Assiduous follower of LOSC, Hervé Penot takes a step back and puts the results achieved into perspective. The journalist mentions in particular the shortcomings of the Lille squad: “Lille is a team that is in a bit of difficulty because they only have one striker who has played so many games that he sometimes doesn’t score. When you have a player who scores as many goals as Jonathan David. All he has to do is not score for everything to be more difficult. You only have one striker in Lille, the only scorer because Mohamed Bayo never plays, and Edon Zhegrova, who is capable of making shots but is injuredhe quoted. Jonathan David plays all the time, all the matches, with the addition of Canada. He may have moments of fatigue. It’s up to the other players to make a little impact.”he estimated.
Finally, former coach of the France team, Raymond Domenech commented on the statements made by Bruno Genesio at the final whistle: “Lille has just had two draws. He can consider that Nantes is missing at least the two points and that the state of mind is confirmed in this match because they did not manage to wrap up the matches or create themselves, apart from the penalty and Haraldsson’s face-to-face, real opportunities. For a coach, it’s time to make a little effort, but it’s fictitious. We all know that the transfer window affects everyone, even the players we think are good”he concluded for his part.
