Le Losc and Bruno Genesio thought they would leave the Allianz Riviera with three points this Sunday, but Tom Louchet scored the equalizing goal in the final moments. The Mastiffs and the Niçois parted back to back (2-2), which did not please the northern coach.
After two draws, Losc finally thought they could return to victory. While Allianz Riviera lost hope and long thought they would suffer their third defeat in Ligue 1, Franck Haise's players obtained a free kick in the final moments, something to be regretted after the Bruno Genesio match. “We gave this Nice team one last unexpected round and we were punished, as is often the case in football when we don't do things well,” said the former Lyon coach, disappointed, at the microphone of DAZN.
Everything started well though. For his first start in the league, Belgian winger Mathias Fernandez-Pardo scored his first professional goal, having already delivered an assist during the Northern Derby against Lens (2-0 victory). Lille then continued to dominate during the first 45 minutes, without managing to deceive Marcin Bulka a second time.
“A lack of maturity”
A lack of finishing that the Mastiffs ended up paying for. After a nice split, Jonathan Clauss crosses low to the ground for Sofiane Diop, who equalizes. Enough to end his week well, after having sent a decisive pass on Thursday, in the Europa League against Twente (2-2). Haise made his five changes during this second half. After Bakker's goal, following the post found by Benjamin André, the Niçois pushed and pushed… without managing to equalize.
Two goals and eight changes, five minutes added time. And in the final moments of the match Angel Gomes made a mistake, allowing Nice to get a final opportunity. The goalkeeper Bulka climbs into the opposing area, but on a second ball, it is Tom Louchet who crosses his shot, finds the post and scores, at 90+6. Questioned after the game about this extra time being exceeded, Bruno Genesio does not want to shift the blame.
“I'm not upset about the length of added time, I'm upset because we lack maturity at the end of the match,” he says. “We will have to grow up, stay very attentive, very concentrated to avoid this type of error, and remember this match well,” he added at a press conference.
“We had extraordinary moments but we didn’t win anything”
Its president Olivier Létang went to the mixed zone to put some pressure on the players before the break: “At the end, we talked about it in the locker room and with the coach, we always find ourselves caught when we don't do everything and that we are enough. That's probably the story of this match If we had all been 100% involved in the match, we would probably have come away with the three points. unison on the pitch, with those who come in, we pay for it and that made us lose two points. I still want to be positive and I said it in the locker room, we must congratulate them for what they have done so far. see you now. But I reminded them that we have experienced extraordinary moments but we have not gained anything. For that, we need an impeccable mentality from everyone to achieve great things.
After its three matches without a victory, Lille will host Rennes (with its new coach) in two weeks.
