For this gala match, Jocelyn Gourvennec should be able to have fewer difficulties than before the draw conceded in Monaco to field a competitive team for 90 minutes. Sanches and Bamba injury packages on Friday should regain their places in the northerner eleven. Reinildo, a victim of gastroenteritis on Friday, should also be able to start the match. In front, the international globetrotters, David and Weah, will surely have taken advantage of the 3 days between the two matches to “freshen up” like their Turkish teammate, Burak Yilmaz, returned very tired from Turkey, after having played 2 qualifying matches for the World Cup 2022.
The declaration: to offer emotions
Jocelyn Gourvennec who hopes that his players will be able to offer their supporters a real festive evening: “We must be aware of that. The idea would be to offer a maximum of emotions to all the people who follow us, for all the components of the club.. “
The player: Tiago Djalo, the new defensive strongman
The young defender has become a player who matters in Lille’s defense. Long in the shadow of Sven Botman, the Portuguese hopeful international took advantage of the Dutchman’s injury to show his coach that he could rely on him to support José Fonte. Friday in Monaco, Tiago Djalo, was not always well inspired on the long aerial balls in his back, but he made a superb save on the line to delay the return of the Monegasques in the 2nd period after offering a superb ball in depth to allow Jonathan David to double the lead in the 9th minute. It’s up to him to raise the level this evening to extinguish the Austrian nugget: the young German center-forward Karim Adeyemi, author of 3 goals in 4 Champions League matches this season and who already has 11 goals in 13 matches played in the local league.
The stat: 8 points synonymous with Ligue Europe
8 as the number of points LOSC could count tonight if they win against Salzburg. A success would also allow the northerners to seize the first place of the hen. It would also ensure the Mastiffs a European presence next February since they would then be guaranteed at least to finish 3rd in this group and therefore to be reserved in the 16th final of the European League. The last match on the German grounds of Wolfsburg would then be a final for qualifying for the knockout stages of the Champions League.
The France Bleu Nord compo: without André or Ikoné suspended
Grbic – Celik, Fonte, Djalo, Reinildo – Weah, Sanches, Xeka or Onana, Bamba – Yilmaz David