dyslexic nam Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, Canuckistan2019 said: This tie is over and I’m astonished how Lille are first place in that farmers league. They can’t muster any offence at all and are making Ajax looking like defensive juggernaut. Ikone needs to work on his finishing if he wants to score more goals if not he should just pass up the ball to a better finisher . He just shoots on site I have only been half watching but that seems a bit harsh. Lille have had a few chances that could have been converted. I actually saw enough in that half to think that we will see David around 60-65 minutes in an effort to generate the offence needed for a result. May be wrong of course, but 2 goals in 45 min isn't exactly mission impossible. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 3 minutes ago, Canuckistan2019 said: This tie is over and I’m astonished how Lille are first place in that farmers league. They can’t muster any offence at all and are making Ajax looking like defensive juggernaut. Ikone needs to work on his finishing if he wants to score more goals if not he should just pass up the ball to a better finisher . He just shoots on site PSG started the season later than all the other clubs due to their Champions League run. And they probably were feeling a hangover from that. Lille are a defensively sound team that often scores a lucky goal to win. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floortom Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 (edited) Tbqh Lille look better than usual - they’ve created a decent number of chances. There was a clear penalty that they didn’t get either. They haven’t looked bad at all Edited February 25, 2021 by Floortom Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 David coming on johnyb and Cblake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Looks like David (and others) coming on around 61 min. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weng Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 That had to be a penalty narduch, Nate3322 and Cblake 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lansdude Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 (edited) Thank God, that was a hockey body check Edited February 25, 2021 by Lansdude Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Stone cold penalty Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 That is a penalty all day. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 VAR... Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate3322 Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Game on Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 At least he had the good sense to make the right call. Now hand the ball to someone else... Cblake and Trois Reds 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Boom. NIce. Way to go David. Trois Reds, Dominic94 and Cblake 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Was David involved in the lead up to the penalty call? Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 So they still aren’t letting him take his own penalties that he’s earned ? Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lansdude Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Lille are horrible at taking care of the ball and selecting passes. Sooooo many giveaways. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lansdude Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 1 minute ago, Alex said: Was David involved in the lead up to the penalty call? He was barged off the ball, the referee let play continue, then VAR stopped play and had him review it a minute later. johnyb, Alex and Cblake 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weng Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 1 minute ago, Dominic94 said: So they still aren’t letting him take his own penalties that he’s earned ? No, but I will say that Yazici did a great job with the penalty. Cblake and Cheeta 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lansdude Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 That's all folks! Nate3322 and Cblake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Well, in terms of a personal effort, David did well. Came on with 30 minutes left and earned the penalty that gave Lille a chance to tie it up. And with them now eliminated from Europe, they can focus on the league while some of their competitors stay distracted. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 I like reading these threads after games that I have no idea what happened in. It's like a puzzle trying to figure out what might have happened, what the score might have been, etc. Fun times. Addona, Cblake, rkomar and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 (edited) Compare Lille to Ajax. The Dutch play a very relaxed possession game, and rather calmly slice through any pressure out of the back and move into the attack. Lille's physicality was wasted. All the Ajax players are on the same page, and they have a rather impressive choral pace in their off the ball movement, everyone is adjusting constantly. They don't do more only because they have a rather modest squad and then sell their talent off readily. Classic possession football, and Lille was embarrassing beside them. Late, when a single goal could have tied things up, they missed the most obvious passes, made bad choices, it was really poor. Not one proper chance, simply could not execute. For me it's coaching, mostly. And the kind of player they sign. But especially coaching. It's quite an indictment against the French league that this team is leading it (mind you, if you saw At Madrid vs. Chelsea the other day, the La Liga leader was also very limited considering their league status). Edited February 26, 2021 by Unnamed Trialist WyattTaylor, Cblake, dyslexic nam and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 18 minutes ago, Unnamed Trialist said: For me it's coaching, mostly. And the kind of player they sign. But especially coaching. The two are pretty intertwined at Lille. It is telling that Bamba used to play for Galtier at a previous club, and was actively recruited by him for Lille. If you do that, you know exactly the kind of player you are getting and the kind of football you will play as a result. Unnamed Trialist, narduch, Cblake and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Just finished watching the match. Despite their best efforts to the contary Ajax are through. Even having said that it's still actually quite satisfying watching the two teams play together. Makes me feel sort of smug about all my dumping on Lille this campaign. Why the Hell did it take VAR to determine that penalty? I'm guessing the BoD at Lille may have suggested to Galtier to focus on league play and earning a Champions League group stage spot this fall. Fans in the stands, wheel barrels of broadcast money, you know? The usual. Europa League just doesn't have that kind of value in 2021. Don't know, just guessing at the club's big-picture strategy. Assuming they have one. Unnamed Trialist, Cblake and johnyb 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 12 hours ago, Cheeta said: Why the Hell did it take VAR to determine that penalty? No idea if this is the actual reason, but from watching Lille games it would seem that David is getting a bit of a reputation for going down pretty easily. Not a big fan of this development in his game personally. Again, no idea if the ref knew this about David and if that factored in at all but you can see that he is getting fewer and fewer calls in Ligue 1 these days. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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