Green in shape, Sow in the oven and in the mill, Yilmaz alone in the world … The tops and flops after the draw between ASSE and Lille on Saturday, during the 3rd day of L1.
Tops
Étienne Green, (very) solid
What a part delivered by the young guard (21 years) of “Sainté”! In a distant duel with the newcomer Ivo Grbic in the cages of LOSC, the Saint-Etienne doorman made all his sense of anticipation and his explosiveness speak. The most telling action is this daring but completely controlled exit shortly before half-time, during which he perfectly threw himself by tackling the feet of Bamba, 30 meters from his cages, to prevent a two against one. who could have folded the match. It was again he who perfectly threw himself into the feet of the imposing Yilmaz at the end (89th).
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Seydou Sow in the oven and in the mill
Not content with having formed a very solid hinge throughout the match with Harold Moukoudi, the young defender from the Saint-Etienne training center allowed himself to snatch the draw with a superb header, well helped by the crossbar, in all end of the match (86th). But before that, he had already made two saving interventions in the first half (24th, 35th), each time countering dangerous attempts on the part of Yilmaz. He has been seen repeatedly haranguing his teammates with his captain, Melvin Camara, as the green ship swayed. Saint-Etienne may have found a solid hinge for the rest of the season.
And immediatelyStill no victory for Lille, hung in Saint-Etienne
Flops
Yilmaz, alone in the world
Apart from a realization on a corner from Sven Botman in Metz, Burak Yilmaz is at the pass or the conclusion of all the goals of the LOSC in this start of the season. And that, the defenses of Ligue 1 understood it well. Constantly caught in two or three, the 35-year-old Turkish center-forward is on his own to lead a Lille attack which is struggling to find its marks this season. Symbol of the lack of confidence and northern success, the unfortunate failure of Jonathan David, who slips alone a few meters from Green’s cage at the end of the match (83rd), shortly before the Saint Etienne equalizer. Even when Timothy Weah had managed to improve one or two balls to Yilmaz, the green defense and in particular Seydou Sow were watching. Lille will have to wake up quickly to avoid seeing the gap widen in a crippling way with the leading teams …
The defense of Lille too feverish
Cornerstone of last year’s title with 23 goals conceded, Lille’s defense seems more crumbly than ever with 8 goals conceded in 3 days. If there was better with the arrival of Grbic in the cages, the Croatian goalkeeper loaned by Atlético having made some authoritarian outings (28th, 63rd), and several good interventions of the Botman-Fonte doublet, the observation remains the same: Lille still finishes with at least one goal in the suitcases. Even if the men of the title remain, overall, the same, Jocelyn Gourvennec must find his marks at the head of a team which is not yet completely his.
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