Since their defeat against Sporting Portugal (2-0) in the Champions League on September 17, Lille no longer knows how to lose. After its prestigious successes against the two Madrid clubs and its good run in Ligue 1, the northern club continued its series of invincibility against Juventus Turin, Tuesday November 5, achieving a draw (1-1). With seven points, the Mastiffs are now 12e (out of 36) in the group stage of the new competition formula, and are getting closer to qualifying for the play-offs.
For its part, AS Monaco won an important victory in Bologna (1-0), thanks to a late goal from German defender Thilo Kehrer (87e). The Rocher team is currently 3e.
What to remember from Lille-Juventus:
We could obviously have mentioned Lille goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier, but the Kosovar winger was also decisive in the performance achieved by his team. He made Turin defender Juan Cabal suffer throughout the match and delivered a sublime assist to his teammate Jonathan David on the opening goal.
1-0, 27e : Jonathan David is launched in depth to perfection by Edon Zhegrova, who performed a hell of a solo number before delivering his decisive pass. The Canadian striker wins his face-to-face against the Turin goalkeeper and opens the scoring to capsize Pierre-Mauroy.
1-1, 60e : The Turinese launch a counterattack and swallow up the field. Francisco Conceicao is served and has space to attack the area, before being cut down by Gudmundsson. The referee does not hesitate, points to the penalty spot. Vlhaovic transforms for a logical equalizer for Juve.
- The sentence. “If we had won, it would have been a great hold-up. »
Words spoken by Lille goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier at the microphone of Canal+, at the end of the match. A few minutes earlier, Jonathan David had estimated “that the draw was logical”.
- The turning point of the match. Lucas Chevalier's save in front of Dusan Vlahovic.
This parade five minutes after the opening of the Lille mark is worth as much as a goal. Dusan Vlahovic, already very active in the first half hour, attempted a recovery which flew at full speed towards the top corner. But the French goalkeeper intervened, leaving the Serbian stunned. A decisive gesture which ensured that the Turinese did not return to 1-1 too early in the match, thus preventing LOSC from experiencing 60 minutes of play under pressure.
On our sports rating scale ranging from “A” to “E”, this meeting was pleasant without being exciting. Only two goals – yes we are greedy –, a Lille team dominated and cowering in their camp, few high-flying technical gestures… No better than a B -, therefore.
