After curling the correctional in Metz last Sunday (3-3), the champion club of France sank against Nice now led by Christophe Galtier, the Lille coach last year.
What you must remember
Archi feverish in defense, Lille has almost compromised all its chances in five minutes, leaving the Aiglons to score twice from the start. After that, a penalty in favor of Nice brought the score to 0-3 at the break. In the second half, the Mastiffs, unable to reverse the trend, conceded an extra goal on a new defensive error.
From the start, Gouiri, left side, makes his way towards the goal but sees his first shot deflected by Jardim. Lemina strikes in turn but finds the right upright. In ambush, Dolberg opens the scoring (0-1, 1st). Shortly after, Celik loses a ball at the entrance of its surface that Gouiri slips to Boudaoui whose clear shot ends in the opposing skylight (0-2, 5th). At the end of the first period, the head of Dolberg fails on the Lille bar and returns to the Dane whose recovery in the area touches André’s arm, as the VAR decided afterwards. Gouiri transforms the penalty (0-3, 45th + 4).
The Mastiffs, who had recovered in extremis the handicap of 3-1 against Metz last week, sank this time after the break, without giving the impression of being able to reverse the course of events. With a head, Dolberg beat Jardim on a corner and worsened the score (0-4, 64th). Exploiting a full-axis raid from Maolida, Gouiri even believed to score a 5th Nice goal, however refused for an offside position (70th).
The player: Kasper Dolberg
Author of a very convincing Euro with four goals scored in favor of the semi-finalist Denmark, the Aiglons striker, 23, begins his season on the momentum of his summer. Very opportunistic on the lawn of the Pierre-Mauroy stadium, the n ° 9 from Nice scored two goals from his team’s four goals and obtained a penalty. Not to mention a very good control-strike sequence, diverted at the fingertips by Jardim (59th). Dolberg, six goals in 25 games last season, appears to have started on a higher ground.
The number: 4
It’s been almost four years since Lille had not suffered such a heavy defeat at home in Ligue 1. The previous one is a 0-4 recorded by Marcelo Bielsa’s team in front of the Monaco of Leonardo Jardim, future champion, on September 22 2017.
The reaction
José Source: “It’s difficult to explain,” said the Lille captain at the microphone of Prime Video. We weren’t there. Last year is over. We have to focus on this new season, forget about the celebrations, focus on our work and write a new story. We need to talk to each other in the locker room and show another face in the next matches. ”
