Jean Canesse, Media365, published on Saturday January 25, 2025 at 9:14 p.m.
After a draw on the Vélodrome pitch, Strasbourg brought down a European at home. Racing overthrew Lille (2-1) and remain unbeaten for eight matches in all competitions.
Bad week for Lille. Beaten in Liverpool on Tuesday evening in the Champions League (2-1), a setback putting an end to its crazy series of twenty-one matches without defeat, Losc this time lost in Ligue 1 on Saturday evening. At Meinau, Bruno Génésio's troupe delivered a two-faced performance and failed to react when Liam Rosenior's troop raised their voice after the break.
However, everything started well for Lille, very quickly in front after a double blunder by Doukouré and Sarr. The opportunity for Sahraoui, left alone in the area, to unlock his league goal counter and open the scoring after less than ten minutes (0-1, 8th). Rather in control, and despite the absences of Zhegrova (injured), Alexsandro and David (suspended), André's partners continued to bother harmless Strasbourg and Meunier (16th), then Sahraoui (41st) took turns stumbling on Petrovic. A heroic doorman this weekend.
-A miracle named Petrovic
The RCS goalkeeper, in the second half, disgusted three new Lille players: Bakker (50th), author of a very pure strike, Bayo (72nd), with a crazy half-volley from a tight angle, and especially Cabella (87th). ), who saw his point-blank recovery come out with an exceptional reflex save from the last Serbian rampart. Very important stops this Saturday since they greatly helped the Alsatian collective in their effort to overthrow Losc.
Surprised during the first act, seeing in particular the Lille 3-4-3 with Gudmundsson in the hinge, Strasbourg offered a much more solid performance in the second and was able to score twice in five minutes. Andrey Santos first equalized, with a very pure volley (1-1, 70th), before Emegha scored with a header on a golden serve from Diarra (2-1, 75th).
“We had to adapt, the coach spoke to us at half-time and we changed our way of pressing,” Moreira admitted on DAZN after the match, while RCS came back five small points from Losc. A northern team now fourth, after this first setback in Ligue 1 in fifteen days, two points behind Monaco (3rd). And the top 4 could even move away if Nice and Lyon win this weekend. Bad week, really.
