After Lille’s victory against Real Madrid on Wednesday evening in the Champions League (1-0), Daniel Riolo praised Lille’s performance but highlighted the lack of consistency, sometimes, of Bruno Genesio’s team.
It’s a feat that will go down in history for LOSC, who defeated Real Madrid on Wednesday evening in the Champions League (1-0). But it’s an achievement which defines the level of Lille a little better, too. “We no longer want to see Lille fail at the weekend in the championship,” explained Daniel Riolo in After Foot, on RMC. “They have such potential.”
“I can no longer say that I love this team, arrive at the weekend, see them in a match and be disappointed, he continued. And say oh no, why? Why there is had this very negative series with Létang who got angry? When you have such potential… That’s why you say, ‘Pep’ Genesio has lots of very positive sides. But in his management sometimes there are. has holes.”
In September, the Northerners suffered three defeats against Paris Saint-Germain, Saint-Etienne and Sporting, before a 3-3 draw that was not much more satisfactory against Strasbourg. But LOSC ended the bad series, with a victory in Le Havre last weekend, then the feat on Wednesday evening.
“I found the people of Lille bold”
Against Real, Bruno Genesio showed that he knew how to handle these big matches, having already beaten Manchester City when he was on the OL bench. “He has good ideas about the game, his vision of football in general, we know it, underlines Riolo. But his teams have the impression that they have holes. It’s like Rennes when he’s there, who had an extraordinary period, then a big hole, and then it comes back a little.”
Everything actually depends on time. “He has difficulty maintaining a form of regularity, consistency and demands with a group, points out Daniel Riolo. But undoubtedly, this is not the first time that he has managed to lead a team to a performance like that , by playing good football, with character. I found Lille bold.”
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