Without shining, LOSC provided the essentials by winning against the Slovenes of Olimpija Ljubljana for its debut in this group stage of the Europa Conference League (2-0).
After its laborious performances in the play-offs, Lille is beginning to take stock of European requirements. The northern club still has room for improvement on many points, but it achieved an expected and reassuring success to get its Europa Conference League campaign off to a good start this Wednesday against Olimpija Ljubljana.
A large part of this result was played out during the first act, generally mastered by a Lille team superior in the game. As usual, Paulo Fonseca’s training offered interesting content and multiplied hot situations, but it has long lacked realism. We had to wait until the end of this first period to see the Mastiffs break the deadlock with a penalty obtained by Haraldsson and transformed with authority by David (1-0, 43rd).
A first without a hitch for Lille
Before and after that, Lille harvested a lot, like David, precisely, who lacked success apart from his penalty (31st, 33rd, 54th). LOSC could have regretted it if Ljubljana had been happier in the last gesture, but Bristric (58th) or even Nukic (73rd) were not more effective. Fonseca’s men finally made the break at the end of the match through Yazici, opportunistic after a poor recovery from the visitors (2-0, 90th + 3). A first without a hitch.
