The Greens went for the draw in the last minutes against LOSC this Saturday evening (1/1). ASSE has three small points after three days.
In the game, the Greens have sometimes been on par with the LOSC. They even had the overall control in the first half. But on a careless fault, Lille went ahead thanks to its star striker Burak Yilmaz, author of a beautiful pivot strike that Etienne Green can only touch (0/1, 38th).
In the second half, Lille pushes. Étienne Green comes out two saves ahead of Jonathan David and Burak Yilmaz. LOSC has opportunities to make the break, such as 10 minutes from the end (see fact of the match). And it is ultimately the ASSE that gets back together. On a corner from Arnaud Nordin, young Saïdou Sow catapults his head into the net and capsizes the Cauldron (1/1, 86th).
Final score one everywhere. This point, unlike Lens, tastes good.
The top
Saidou Sow. The young defender of the Greens was solid. However, the Lille armada is impressive in front. He didn’t make any major mistakes. ASSE is surely holding Harold Moukoudi’s sidekick this season as a central pivot. If in addition he scores, like tonight … It’s perfect!
The flop
Denis Bouanga. He had been a goalscorer in Lens. But he also missed the goal of the break. Tonight, he misses his first half. First of all, he negotiates his head badly in the six meters, on a good cross from Romain Hamouma (17th). He also annihilated a against Stéphanois by coming back behind. And above all, he is at the origin of the loss of ball which brings the Lille goal (38th). A match without.
The fact of the match
Jonathan David’s failure. We play the 80th and we are closer to 0/2 than 1/1. Lille has yet another opportunity to kill the suspense. On a counter, Jonathan David is perfectly offset and finds himself alone against Étienne Green … but slips. Five big minutes later, ASSE will equalize!