Lille Loses To Le Mans: The Mediocrity Continues

LOSC Lille Métropole played their second match of the new Ligue 1 season last Saturday. The match was home againts Le Mans UC 72. Le Mans had a chance for vengeance against us for taking their former manager, Rudi Garcia. Garcia’s results thus far this season have been unimpressive. We lost 1-3 against Le Mans, which is simply ridiculous. Lille rarely conceded so many goals under Claude Puel’s reign (he manages Unstoppable Lyon right now). Yet again, Les Dogues dominated possession for most of the match. And yet again, our efforts were fruitless. Le Mans scored and quieted our supporters. They gained even more confidence after scoring a second goal. Lille came out in the second half lacking confidence. They just didn’t believe in a victory anymore. When Bastos finally scored hope was already lost. We are 19th place in the table. I know it won’t stay that way, but what a shitty start to the season. Our next match is against Stade Rennais. They started off strong drawing OM 4-4. Match details:
Saturday, August 16, 2008 - 19:00 H (local time)
STADIUM LILLE METROPOLE
Attendance: 13,206

Les Dogues
MALICKI
BERIA
FRANQUART
TAFFOREAU
EMERSON (51′ )
DEBUCHY
BALMONT
CABAYE
BASTOS
MAVUBA (c)
DUMONT (79′ )
TOURE
OBRANIAK (51′ )
FAUVERGUE

The Bad Guys
ROCHE
GEDER
CERDAN
CAMARA
STROMSTAD
KEITA (89′ )
THOMAS (c)
MAIGA
COUTADEUR
LE TALLEC
HELSTAD
DOSSEVI (66′ )
BAAL
BEN FREJ (70′ )

Yellow Cards: Tafforeau (45+1′), L.Touré (48′) and Bastos (74′) for Lille - Ib.Camara (12′), Baal (44′) and Le Tallec (64′) for Le Mans.

Goals:
21 ‘ HELSTAD (LMN)
33 ‘ MAIGA (LMN)
65 ‘ BASTOS (LOSC)
82 ‘ MAIGA (LMN)

Category: Matches, Team News

Tags: Bastos, Garcia, Le Mans, Matches, Olympique de Marseille, Rennes, Team News

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