In another successful Champions League evening, the northern club obtained a draw (1-1) against Juventus Turin on Tuesday evening.
No third feat for Losc. But a good result nonetheless. After having had the scalps of Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid, the northern club shared the points against Juventus Turin (1-1), another big name in Europe. The dreams of qualifying for the round of 16 remain more than legitimate. There is still a long way to go but this series of three meetings says a lot about Lille‘s resources.
Deprived of the ball at the start of the match, with Juve at almost 80% possession, the Mastiffs managed to keep their backs until opening the scoring through the inevitable Jonathan David (1-0, 27th) , on a magnificent opening from Edon Zhegrova on the counter-attack.
Lille can dream of qualifying for the round of 16
Returning from the locker room was very complicated for the Northerners, bludgeoned by the Bianconeri. Under the pressure and the Piedmontese waves, Benjamin André cracked and conceded a penalty for the Veille Dame, transformed by the Serbian scorer from the Italian team, Dusan Vlahovic (1-1, 60th). Bruno Genesio’s men tried to bring madness in the last quarter of an hour by letting the creativity of Zhegrova and the wonderful Ayyoub Bouaddi (17), once again sparkling, as against Real, make the difference. In vain. Juventus turned its back.
Lille, undefeated for nine matches in all competitions, therefore have seven points out of nine against the two Madrid clubs, Juve and can believe in qualifying for the Champions League play-offs with their provisional 12th place. For their part, the Turinese are 10th. Next meeting on November 27 against Bologna. The Mastiffs will also try to maintain their (very good) momentum next Sunday in Nice, during the 11th day of Ligue 1.
