Another level… After having nicely passed the two qualifying rounds for the Champions League, eliminating Fenerbahçe and Slavia Prague, Lille came up against a snag on the first day of the brand new league phase of the C1.
Away on the pitch of Sporting, Losc suffered the law of the champion of Portugal, logically winner (2-0). After two first alerts on the goal of Lucas Chevalier (27th, 28th), the Lisbon team opened the score thanks to their home scorer, Viktor Gyokeres. After a Lille touch and a risky clearance from the defense of the Dogues, the Swedish gunner shot Chevalier (1-0, 38th) to score, already, his 9th goal of the season. He had scored 43 in 2023-2024.
And now, Real
The match definitely took a bad turn for Losc, with the red card (severe) received by Angel Gomes, cautioned for the second time of the evening (40th). And a cannon shot from Zino Debast, author of a brilliant strike (2-0, 65th), gave a more comfortable lead to the Portuguese.
Meanwhile, it took until the 74th minute to see Lille’s first shot, which says a lot about the difficulties in the game of Bruno Genesio’s team. The entry of Rémi Cabella did some good, with a nice ball for 2-1 (88th), but Losc leaves Portugal with zero points on the clock. And in two weeks, it’s Real Madrid that they will have to face at Pierre-Mauroy.
It’s the fourth consecutive defeat for Bruno Genesio’s team, who haven’t fully recovered after their setback at Saint-Etienne (1-0), and Olivier Létang’s outburst. Before thinking about Real, they’ll have to get back on track against Strasbourg and Le Havre in the league.
