DIRECT. Lille-Real Madrid: ahead thanks to Jonathan David, LOSC dreams of an exploit

Note that Kylian Mbappé left to warm up for Real Madrid.

Guilty of a bad tackle on Alexsandro, Endrick receives a warning.

LOSC kicks off the second act. A change to note on the Madrid side: Fran Garcia replaced Ferland Mendy.

At the same time, Monaco trailed 1-0 on Dinamo Zagreb’s pitch at the break, following a goal scored by Sucic (45’+3).

Relive Jonathan David’s goal on video thanks to images from Canal+.

It’s the break at the Stade Pierre Mauroy! Overall in control, LOSC was more than equal with the great Real Madrid in the first period, creating a very big opportunity through Jonathan David. The Canadian international opened the scoring with a penalty just before the break. From now on, Lille will have to keep up their feat!

Real responded straight away, with Vinicius launched deep by Rüdiger. Fortunately, Chevalier comes out well and Endrick misses his shot in stride.

LILLE OPENS THE SCORE!! In force, Jonathan David transforms the penalty by wrong-footing Lunin on his left! The Mastiffs lead 1-0 just before the break.

After verification by VAR, Camavinga deflected the ball with his hand. Penalty coming for the Mastiffs!

There will be one minute of added time.

Slightly off-center at the entrance to the area on the right side, Zhegrova takes her chance but comes up against Camavinga, who deflects the ball with her hand. The referee is called by the VAR.

Lille obtain an excellent free kick at the edge of the area following a great combination between Zhegrova and Cabella. Caught by the latter’s outside hook, Rüdiger makes the mistake.

Bellingham and Vinicius combine on the left, allowing the Brazilian to overrun before striking. Zhegrova comes back well to help Santos and gets the goal kick.

Off-center on the right, Zhegrova works her ball but Militao is vigilant to repel the danger with his head.

Zhegrova fixes before eliminating Bellingham on the right side 25m from goal, forcing the Englishman to commit the foul.

Well established and solid in the duels, the Northerners circulate but still lack edge when approaching the opposing surface.

Alexsandro intervenes in front of Vinicius before throwing David directly in depth. Lawfully pushed by Militao in the area, the attacker collapsed but the referee did not signal anything.

Nice Lille movement concluded by a cross shot from André slightly deflected by Rüdiger. The leather ends its race on the bar of Lunin, but the midfielder was offside anyway.

Alexsandro exceeds his duties and enters the opposing 30 meters but his pass towards David is intercepted. In the process, Camavinga throws Vinicius in depth. The Brazilian winger is beaten by the exit of Chevalier, quick to impose himself outside his area.

At the same time, the other French club involved this Wednesday, AS Monaco, was held in check on the lawn of Dinamo Zagreb (0-0).

Found on the right side of the area, Carvajal tries to cross towards Tchouaméni. Chevalier comes out but gets in the way of Alexsandro, without consequence because the LOSC defense clears in disaster.

After this first big Lille opportunity, Real regained control of the ball and tried to put the match to rest.

Following the corner, Zhegrova regains control of the leather and places a magnificent ball on David’s skull. The Canadian striker comes up against Lunin who makes an exceptional double save.

Bouaddi gains meters in the opposing camp and tries to alert Bakker behind Carvajal’s back. The Madrid captain recovers but is pressured by Zhegrova who gets the corner.

The Lille residents project themselves in numbers but Zhegrova fails to serve Bouaddi at the edge of the area. In the process, Camavinga launches the counter and gets the foul in front of Gudmundsson.

Camavinga recovers a ball in midfield and serves Endrick, who pierces the Lille defense with his power. Arriving at surface level, the Brazilian wisp attempts a kick, but Chevalier deflects with his chest.

Despite their possession, the Mastiffs lacked edge in the last 20 meters, like this incoming cross from Santos directly captured by Lunin.

Well alerted by André’s overthrow, Santos crosses with first intention from the right flank. David chose the collective option and put back when he seemed in a position to strike. The ball is lost.

Valverde throws Endrick in depth but comes up against a good intervention from Alexsandro. Bellingham followed well but was hampered by the Brazilian defender when it came time to strike.

After slight northern pressure at the start of the match, Real put more and more of their foot on the ball, calming the pace of the match.

Endrick intervenes authoritatively in front of Gudmundsson but the referee signals nothing. The Real striker is available but is not much used at the start of the match.

Carvajal alerts Endrick in the depth but Chevalier comes out well in front of the Brazilian striker.

The locals made a good start to the match from a technical point of view, forcing the Madrilenians to retreat. Very active on his right side, Santos places a cross but Carvajal clears with a header.

Bellingham scrapes a ball into Zhegrova’s feet at the edge of the left side area, allowing Vinicius to land the first strike of the match. Knight lies down on the ground.

Madrid’s first sequence of possession, following a loss of the ball by Gudmundsson. The Lille people are falling back well.

Carvajal is guilty of a handball and offers a distant free kick to LOSC. Played in two stages, the latter leads to a too-long cross from Zhegrova.

The Mastiffs made a good start, confiscating the ball and not hesitating to try risky moves, like this double contact made by Zhegrova in midfield.

Real Madrid kicks off the match against Lille!

The 22 actors enter a white-hot Pierre Mauroy stadium! Kick-off is imminent.

The referee of the match is Italian. This is Mr. Maurizio Mariani.

The warm-up has just ended on Pierre Mauroy’s pitch. Kick-off in almost 10 minutes!

Note that Ayyoub Bouaddi will become, at just 17 years old, the 2nd youngest French player in history to start in the Champions League behind Warren Zaire-Emery (16 years and 343 days).

If Kylian appears on the bench this evening, this is not the case for his brother Ethan. The LOSC attacking midfielder injured his quadriceps last weekend and is expected to miss two to three months of competition.

On the eve of the meeting, Bruno Genesio and Thomas Meunier were present at a press conference. Aware of the size of the challenge facing “the biggest club in the world”, the two men remained ambitious despite the apparent imbalance between the two teams.

On the Madrid side, certain significant absences are also to be deplored. In addition to David Alaba, Brahim Diaz and Dani Ceballos are also out, as is Thibaut Courtois, injured in the adductor of his left leg on Sunday against Atlético.

Jonathan David and his family were welcomed by many supporters, already ready for this gala evening!

If Bouaddi is plunged into the European deep end this Wednesday, it is also due to the numerous absences affecting LOSC in midfield. Hakon Haraldsson, Nabil Bentaleb, Ngal’ayel Mukau are injured or unavailable, Angel Gomes is suspended while André Gomes is not qualified. On the defense side, Ismaily and Samuel Umtiti are also out.

Bruno Genesio aligns his men in 4-2-3-1, with an attack led by Zhegrova, David and Gudmundsson. Also note the first start in the Champions League of Ayyoub Bouaddi, barely 17 years old, in midfield.