Lille lost on the lawn of Chelsea (2-0), this Tuesday in the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League. A very bad operation before returning home in three weeks.
We will have to take out the big game on March 16 at Pierre-Mauroy to hope for a feat. If they were not unworthy, the reigning French champions fell on much stronger than them at Stamford Bridge during this first round.
The reigning European and world champions immediately showed Lille that they did not take them lightly and were dangerous from the start. So much so that the Londoners managed to open the scoring from the 8and minute of play when Kai Havertz, lonely, headed a corner from Hakim Ziyech.
. @kaihavertz29 (@ChelseaFC @ChelseaFrance) shower Lille ambitions by opening the scoring in the 7th minute! #CHELOSC | #UCL | #BCC
– Canal Football Club (@CanalFootClub) February 22, 2022
If the men of Thomas Tuchel, who lost the Moroccan and Mateo Kovacic to injuries, only managed to score in the second half on a counter-assassin led by N’Golo Kanté and concluded by Christian Pulisic (63and), Lille were unable to find the solution. Apart from a few timid occasions, the Mastiffs did not deceive the vigilance of Edouard Mendy.
. @nglkante supercharged! What a mess! The Blues @ChelseaFrance take a break!#CHELOSC | #UCL | #BCC
– Canal Football Club (@CanalFootClub) February 22, 2022
If they were not unworthy, nor to be ashamed of this setback, the people of Lille were able to see the path that remains to be traveled to reach the European elite. Conscious, the men of Jocelyn Gourvennec will have to pull out the big game in the return match.
“I think we are in the game, we have opportunities, but at this level, you have to score, said José Fonte. We have the second match, we will have to prepare well to be better. It’s possible. We proved tonight that we could do something despite everything. We will see what needs to be improved. We have the quality to hurt.”