Burak Yilmaz and the Losc were beaten by Angers – Michel Spingler / AP / SIPA
- Beaten by Angers on Wednesday evening, Lille has recorded his first loss of the season at home.
An unfortunate setback which can be explained by the lack of rhythm of the Northerners who had not resumed training until January 2.
Invincible or almost before Christmas, Galtier’s men also i demonstrates overconfidence.
Your feet in the carpet to start 1303. Unbeaten at the Pierre Mauroy stadium since matches in all competitions, Lille conceded their first home defeat of the season Wednesday against Angers (1-2) . A logical setback as the Northerners were below everything for this recovery. To believe that the break at the end of the year broke the momentum of Christophe Galtier’s men Used to playing every three days before Christmas, the Lille residents were among the last to resume training (January 2) after the holidays.
“It’s a delay at ignition. Perhaps the fact of having resumed late made it very badly returned in this match (Lille was already led 2-0 after ten minutes). There are the goals but also the way in which we evolved during 20 minutes. I had rarely seen my team in such difficulty. We were beaten in all areas including willpower and determination. There has been too much technical waste. Is it linked to additional vacation days? Perhaps. », Regrets Christophe Galtier.
Galtier did not like the attitude of his players
But the Lille coach refuses to take refuge only behind the lack of rhythm to justify this poor performance. The attitude of his team, who went on vacation in a cloud after a great success in Montpellier (2-3), did not please him.
“We were perhaps in a comfort zone after our ten-game pre-holiday streak. We thought it would just pass. But no, Ligue 1 reminds us that it’s difficult and that anyone can beat anyone. Losing matches can happen, but by being also absent, there are obviously questions. I am not going to sound the alarm bell, but this defeat is food for thought and should make us ask the right questions ”.
“The most important thing is not what has been done but what remains to be done”
Message passed and well received by players aware of their failed performance like Benjamin André. “There are days when things are wrong, when everything is upside down. We are the ones primarily responsible. When you do the first ten minutes like that, you can’t hope for much in a Ligue 1 match. Especially when you have a good start to the season and all the teams want to hit you. The most important is not what has been done but what remains to be done. Until December, it was fine. There, we started badly. But you have to raise your head and move on quickly. We must not stay on it. Stirring the knife in the wound is absolutely useless, ”insists the Lille community.
Back down to third place in Ligue 1 and now three points behind the Lyon leader, Losc has started the year badly. A defeat in the form of a warning that the Northerners hope to forget on Saturday on the lawn of Nîmes. Otherwise, the start of the year may be really long.