Lille won against Nantes, this Sunday, on behalf of the 2nd day of Ligue 1 (2-0).
If usually, summer remains the time of preparations, an atmosphere of urgency is already perceptible behind the scenes of FC Nantes. After a setback conceded against Toulouse for the curtain raiser (1-2), the Canaries approached their second match under high pressure. The position of Pierre Aristouy already seemed weakened, while the young technician had allowed the FCN to tear off his maintenance last spring.
Still, Nantes rubbed shoulders with a formidable opponent: Lille. A declared outsider of this championship. The northern club was also looking for a first success after saving the furniture in Nice last week, snatching a point at the end of the night (1-1). Carried by the irremovable Jonathan David on the front of the attack, LOSC obviously approached this match in a costume of a big favorite.
Lille got scared
The first minutes of the meeting quickly set the scene. Paulo Fonseca’s team quickly sought to impose their game by offering a high block with intense pressing, while confiscating the ball to impose their game and find gaps. Opposite, the Canaries tried to reduce the spaces as much as possible with their defensive grid. But in this little game, it was the people of Lille who had the last word.
We had to wait for the hour mark to see LOSC materialize their domination. After touching wood at the end of the first period, Jonathan David took advantage of a ball released by Descamps to score with an opportunistic strike (1-0, 67th). Despite this, Lille was scared by ending the match in numerical inferiority after the expulsion of Alexsandro (78th), especially as Appuah believed to equalize in stride (82nd). But LOSC finally sealed their success with a sublime strike from Aounas in stoppage time (2-0, 90th + 4). Lille definitely launches its season. The next few hours could be hectic in the yellow house.
