Thomas Siniecki, Media365: published on Monday November 25, 2024 at 12:08 p.m.
Certainly minimalist winners of Rennes (1-0), Benjamin André and his teammates confirm their status in Ligue 1.
While Brest displays some limitations in the championship (three defeats in a row), quite understandable given its repeated exploits in the Champions League, this is not the case for LOSC which manages to maintain its project within the top 4, the one who will qualify again for the C1 next season. The Mastiffs may have gone through two preliminary rounds (Fenerbahçe then Slavia Prague), but they are not showing any slack on the national scene, for the moment at least. However, they had a bad run in September, one point out of nine possible (PSG, Saint-Etienne, Strasbourg), but Lille has simply not lost since: eleven games without defeat in all competitions, including four wins and four draws. in the championship.
André: “We’re not going to be choosy, we shouldn’t have missed the train”
On the club's 80th anniversary, celebrated on Sunday with great fanfare in the presence of a number of glorious veterans, the job was done even though “it's always difficult after an international break”, as Bruno Génésio recalls: ” We are moving forward and that is the most important thing, it is not our best victory but it is important to win this kind of match, even when everything is not going as well as we would like. It is necessary and essential. to have this state spirit to achieve results, that’s what drives us.”
The Mastiffs coach also highlights the quality of the ball's release leading to Edon Zhegrova's goal, which will therefore be more than enough to keep the Northerners happy. “You have to be happy with it, there are six games left before the break and I didn't feel any lack of concentration. We are recovering a lot of injured people, that will bring a lot of freshness and a lot of choice.” Captain Benjamin André is also satisfied with winning for the first time after returning from a truce, “we are not going to be choosy and the party is great for the 80th anniversary, we should not miss the train” (comments collected by Lepetitlillois.com). And even if it means prolonging this famous dynamic at all costs, we might as well continue on Wednesday in the Champions League in Bologna, an opponent entirely within LOSC's reach. Much more, a priori, than Real, Atlético or Juventus, against whom Lille have not lost (and even often won).
