Home Sport Jonathan David, the Losc striker – Dave Winter // SIPA Beaten at home by Ajax, Lille compromised their chances of qualifying for Europa League final. The Ligue 1 leader missed out on his match against the top Dutch club in all areas. A real disappointment for Christophe Galtier, Lille coach. Christophe Galtier took a long hour to digest the disappointment, an hour in the locker room with his players trying to understand what had happened. Beaten at home Thursday by Ajax Amsterdam (1-2) in 16 e final first leg of the Europa League, Lille compromised its chances of qualifying before the return scheduled on 20 February in the Netherlands. Beyond the result, it is above all the manner and the immense difference in level between borrowed Northerners and an Ajax sure of his strength that annoyed the Lille coach. “We did a non-match. Certainly there was the quality of Ajax. But in relation to our game, we fell short of what we should have done. We lacked a lot of intensity and rhythm in the first half. And when we managed to get the ball back, we returned it immediately. It was a little better in the second half but overall it was insufficient. I found my team a bit taken by the issue. I found my players below their technical level ”, regrets Galtier. Lille did not close the level gap with Ajax One year after having bitten the dust in front of Ajax twice in its Champions League group, Losc thought they had progressed. His status as leader of Ligue 1 should allow him to look a little more in the eyes of the leader of the Dutch league. It has not happened. Exceeded in all areas, the Losc has largely missed its European meeting. “I thought the gap had narrowed but this match proves the opposite. I find that throughout the match, we did not manage to play. In this kind of match, you have to have more personality in the game to upset this kind of team ”, continues the technician. Lille could nevertheless have achieved the perfect heist The worst thing in history is that even being bad, Losc could have pulled off the perfect heist. By opening the scoring thanks to an opportunistic goal from Weah (30 e), Lille ruined everything by slacking off at the end of the match. Tadic’s equalizing penalty, quite contentious, distracted a Losc who conceded a second goal in the wake. “The penalty is very questionable but from the moment the referee checks the VAR, we have to stay in the match. By being very average, we could have won a draw. All this corresponds to a state of nervousness that one should not have. We must have a lot of control against a team which is superior to us, ”says Christophe Galtier who does not want to hide behind the excuse of the sequence of matches or that of absent (André, Yilmaz) It remains to be seen whether this very dull service is a simple warning or can call into question the beautiful season of Losc. Less verve in the game since January, Lille had managed to hide its weaknesses of the moment by chaining the short victories. Fallen from above against Ajax, the leader of Ligue 1 must get back to the place on Sunday in Lorient. Just to see if this failed match against Ajax was really just an accident. 20210219
Home Sport Jonathan David, the Losc striker – Dave Winter // SIPA Beaten at home by Ajax, Lille compromised their chances of qualifying for Europa League final. The Ligue 1 leader missed out on his match against the top Dutch club in all areas. A real disappointment for Christophe Galtier, Lille coach. Christophe Galtier took a long hour to digest the disappointment, an hour in the locker room with his players trying to understand what had happened. Beaten at home Thursday by Ajax Amsterdam (1-2) in 16 e final first leg of the Europa League, Lille compromised its chances of qualifying before the return scheduled on 20 February in the Netherlands. Beyond the result, it is above all the manner and the immense difference in level between borrowed Northerners and an Ajax sure of his strength that annoyed the Lille coach. “We did a non-match. Certainly there was the quality of Ajax. But in relation to our game, we fell short of what we should have done. We lacked a lot of intensity and rhythm in the first half. And when we managed to get the ball back, we returned it immediately. It was a little better in the second half but overall it was insufficient. I found my team a bit taken by the issue. I found my players below their technical level ”, regrets Galtier. Lille did not close the level gap with Ajax One year after having bitten the dust in front of Ajax twice in its Champions League group, Losc thought they had progressed. His status as leader of Ligue 1 should allow him to look a little more in the eyes of the leader of the Dutch league. It has not happened. Exceeded in all areas, the Losc has largely missed its European meeting. “I thought the gap had narrowed but this match proves the opposite. I find that throughout the match, we did not manage to play. In this kind of match, you have to have more personality in the game to upset this kind of team ”, continues the technician. Lille could nevertheless have achieved the perfect heist The worst thing in history is that even being bad, Losc could have pulled off the perfect heist. By opening the scoring thanks to an opportunistic goal from Weah (30 e), Lille ruined everything by slacking off at the end of the match. Tadic’s equalizing penalty, quite contentious, distracted a Losc who conceded a second goal in the wake. “The penalty is very questionable but from the moment the referee checks the VAR, we have to stay in the match. By being very average, we could have won a draw. All this corresponds to a state of nervousness that one should not have. We must have a lot of control against a team which is superior to us, ”says Christophe Galtier who does not want to hide behind the excuse of the sequence of matches or that of absent (André, Yilmaz) It remains to be seen whether this very dull service is a simple warning or can call into question the beautiful season of Losc. Less verve in the game since January, Lille had managed to hide its weaknesses of the moment by chaining the short victories. Fallen from above against Ajax, the leader of Ligue 1 must get back to the place on Sunday in Lorient. Just to see if this failed match against Ajax was really just an accident.