A week ago, Lille achieved one of the greatest feats in French football by winning against Madrid, the defending champions, during the second day of the regular phase of the Champions League. At home, in a boiling Pierre-Mauroy Stadium, Jonathan David scored the only goal of the match, just before half-time, provoking an explosion of joy among the 48,000 northern supporters present in the Lille den, but also among the Losc speaker.
They do this job for these kinds of emotions. Tuesday October 2 will remain in the head of François Vandeweghe, speaker for his favorite club, Losc. After a first day of the regular phase of the Champions League lost in Lisbon against Sporting, Lille had to redeem themselves in front of their home crowd… against Real Madrid.
Facing the reigning European champions, the Stade Pierre-Mauroy was packed, filled with more than 48,000 supporters. In a rather closed first period, it was Lille who opened the scoring through their scorer Jonathan David on a penalty, already nine goals this season.
The explosion of joy is equal to the feat that Lille is currently achieving. At the final whistle, again, the tens of thousands of supporters present at the stadium exulted again. An evening that François Vandeweghe will not soon forget.
Vandeweghe, speaker of Losc depuis 2019
The one who succeeded Anne-Sophie Roquette in 2019 hardly had a better evening than last Tuesday. After the penalty converted by the Canadian striker, François Vandeweghe exploded with joy, as shown in the images relayed by Foot Mercato. But he had to warm up his audience. The celebration began with a “buuutttt” lasting almost 10 seconds, before continuing with the name of the scorer (Jonathan David), said five times… just to make the point.
Having become a Losc speaker in 2019, after having “sent a presentation video and passed a casting in real conditions”, François Vandeweghe will remember this Tuesday, October 2 for a long time, unless a certain November 5, 2024 comes to replace it, the date of Losc’s next reception in the Champions League, against Juventus Turin.
