the Mastiffs do not find the solution against the Greens and lose Renato Sanches to injury

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Technical waste, few opportunities and unfindable attackers… Ie Losc, too messy, was not reassured, Friday, at five days of the return match against Chelsea in the Champions League.

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A bittersweet draw for Lille. While they had the opportunity to temporarily take fifth place in the standings, the Mastiffs came up against AS Saint-Etienne on Friday March 11 at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium (0-0), on the occasion of the 28th day of Ligue 1. Too harmless, the Northerners also suffered from the premature exit due to injury of their master to play, Renato Sanches. The Portuguese will probably be absent for the reception of Chelsea on Wednesday in the knockout stages of the Champions League.

Technical waste, few opportunities and unfindable attackers… Losc, too messy, was not reassured. However, Jocelyn Gourvennec had tried to boost his offensive animation by placing Jonathan Bamba on the right and Gabriel Gudmundsson on the left wing. Both men produced a few dangerous crosses but rarely found their top striker, Jonathan David. In support of the Canadian, Hatem Ben Arfa often played too low and participated little in the offensive phases of his team.

The Mastiffs were not helped by the premature exit of Renato Sanches, hit in the back of the thigh, on a run, in the 20th minute. The Portuguese immediately asked for the change, which raises fears of an absence against Chelsea on Wednesday. The one who was best Lille at Stamford Bridge in the first leg (0-2) and decisive passer against Clermont last weekend relapsed and was injured for the ninth time since signing for the North in 2019.

While Losc only asked Paul Bernardoni very little, the Stéphanois were patient and waited for the right moment to take the ball into the Lille camp. They forced Léo Jardim to relax on several occasions and ended the meeting with more shots attempted than the reigning French champions (11 to 10).

The Greens pocket a good point for maintaining and thus remain their beautiful dynamic observed since the arrival of Pascal Dupraz on the bench. The locals will have to show a much better face to reverse the trend against Chelsea, against whom victory by at least two goals will be mandatory to qualify for the quarter-finals.


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