In this section, which will continue in 2025, Le Petit Lillois gives a voice to LOSC supporters at the end of each of its meetings. This time, it was after a draw (0-0) conceded to Auxerre that three Lille supporters were questioned.
Two days ago, LOSC got tripped up during their first trip of the year. Opposed to AJ Auxerre, his men were unable to shake the nets. Jonathan David, for his first shot in two matches, even missed a penalty against the Auxerre cages. When the Canadian is doing poorly, and Edon Zhegrova and Matias Fernandez-Pardo are absent, Lille’s offensive forces are necessarily limited and this resulted in a draw (0-0). However, it was on a series, since a trip to Monaco (0-0) in October, of thirteen consecutive matches with at least one goal scored by the Mastiffs during the match.
This draw in Yonne was commented on by Laure, Mickaël and Charles, three supporters interviewed cold, more than a day after the final whistle. Their remarks are an opportunity to return one last time to the recently contested game, but from a different perspective from what we can traditionally see in the local and French press. Here we go!
A question of feeling
“I have difficulty recognizing our players, those who defended our colors at the start of the seasonrecognizes Laure, saddened by the mixed copies returned by the Mastiffs in 2025. I find that there is a lot of imprecision in our game, which becomes more predictable with less variety. There is also something that bothers me deeply. We never hit from far away, but never, and we just impale ourselves in the box. I don’t understand. Where is the spontaneity? »she says, to start the debates.
“We miss you Edon (Zhegrova)says Charles, in response to the comments made by Laure. We were catastrophic. Possession is good, but you may need to know what to do with it. Nobody was in on it, except Lucas (Chevalier). Without these three stops, we found ourselves like idiots leaving with a defeat. I pity those who had the courage to move in this cold”he continues, particularly annoyed.
For his part, while he was content to breathe so far, Mickaël took a 90 degree turn: “I refuse to be negativehe blurted out, in contrast to the other speeches. All the comments that we can see or hear come from a feeling of frustration among the supporters. Now, we can only be delighted with our first part of the season. We are fifth with 29 points, one of the teams with the fewest defeats… Even if some draws were tense, we must not forget that the course in the Champions League is energy-consuming. And there again, who would have thought that we could have fought for a qualification in the Top 8? We must quickly concentrate on the return phase with a first major shock against Nice. This is where we have to react in the championship and bang our fist on the table”he is already planning, ready to party inside the Decathlon Arena – Stade Pierre Mauroy.
Invincible
If the victory objective was not achieved in Yonne, LOSC went on a 19th match without defeat in all competitions, thus equaling a fifty-year-old record. Unfortunately, this does not appeal to everyone: “I can’t take this anymore. With all the points along the way, we will quickly forget this series when we will look like the same idiots as the two previous years at the foot of the podium”continues Charles, with the usual tone. This time he has no ally to rely on, to the point that he left the floor to his two friends of the day.
“We may be coming down little by little from our cloud, but this series is importantconfides Mickaël, far from sharing Charles’ opinion.
This series allows all players to remember what they have done so far. They must be proud of the journey they have achieved, proud to be part of the club’s history. They are now part of it and it’s stupid that the latest checkered results have overshadowed it. However, we must not be satisfied with this. We have to build on this to bounce back”he exclaims with a clenched fist. Pride is passed on from one supporter to another. “I hope that it will continue, that we bring the Marseillais back down too”is content to let go of Laure, who has a hard tooth.
A problem with Jonathan David?
« Ouiexclaims Charles instinctively to take the hand. I’ve been saying this for several weeks.
He has been inside for several matches. It’s already been 450 minutes since he scored and still… If we exclude the penalties that have been affecting him since December, it’s hard, very hard.”he expresses himself thus, harsh with the Canadian.
This time, it’s Laure who catches everyone off guard: “It’s not Jonathan David’s concern, but the lack of an alternative to his position. Jonathan David cannot be in the oven and the mill, in attack and defense, while scoring in every match, playing them all for club and country. We are not calling for Ronaldo or Kylian Mappé, but if the supporters have been complaining for several seasons, it is not for the pleasure of criticizing. How much longer will we have to wait? We also lost Yusuf (Yazici), who wore this cape as best he could”asks Laure, annoyed by the lack of depth in this position in the squad. It must be said that neither Mohamed Bayo nor Andrej Ilic have been successful recruitments in recent years.
Mickaël is not of the same opinion, and accepts it. In his eyes,
“all international strikers play a lot around the world” and Jonathan David is not to be pitied, like the others: “It’s not just the penalty he’s missed recently. He’s missed and struggled a lot in recent weeks. He is an average player at all levels. Jonathan David has never been a great striker, a killer. It’s not now that we have to realize”he gets annoyed, thinking he’s concluding. “We all remember a sentence from (Paulo) Fonseca, who said that LOSC was the only team to play in Europe with a single attacker, it’s still relevant”retorts Laure, who does not wish to put the blame on Jonathan David’s back.
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