Lille Rallies From Behind To Edge Sochaux

Lille’s 22nd match of the 2008/09 Ligue 1 season was played last Saturday home against FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, a club desperately trying to avoid relegation. They certainly played desperately by scoring two first half goals. Béria was to blame for one of them by committing a foul on Vaclav Sverkos. It was a frustrating turn of events (for Lille) considering that LOSC dominated possession from the start of the match. This would have been Sochaux’s first away victory this season (a rather abysmal statistic) had they fought on. Unfortunately for les sochaliens, all went wrong after Daf received a second yellow card at the beginning of the second half. Sochaux’s Richert helped tie the score for Lille in the 74th minute giving new life to the club. Hazard soon scored on a crafty play after overtaking two defenders. Performance wise no LOSC player really stood out (positively at least) in this match. Michel Bastos’ replacement, Hazard, at least scored a goal so that is something. The final score was Lille 3-2 Sochaux. We were saved from a devastating loss to a club on the brink of collapse. Match facts:

Saturday February 7, 2009 – 21:00 H
STADIUM LILLE METROPOLE
13,477 spectators

Line-ups:

LOSC
MALICKI
BERIA
TAFFOREAU
RAMI
PLESTAN
BALMONT
VITTEK (62′ )
CABAYE
OBRANIAK
MAVUBA (c)
HAZARD
CHEDJOU (90′ +1)
FAUVERGUE
FRAU (46′ )

Sochaux
RICHERT
CARLAO
PERQUIS
FATY
DAF
PICHOT
PITAU (c)
BOUDEBOUZ
SVERKOS
JOKIC (53′ )
ERDING
AFOLABI (68′ )
MAURICE-BELAY
SANTOS (77′ )

Cards:
Daf (9′ and 50′), Sverkos (45′)
Red card: Daf (50′)

Goals:
Frau (59′), Richert (74′, own goal) and Hazard (89′) for Lille – Pitau (34′) and Sverkos (40′, penalty) for Sochaux

Category: Matches, Team News

Tags: Bastos, Béria, Hazard, Matches, Sochaux, Sverkos, Team News

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