Lille maintained their erratic line of the season, punctured again this Friday by drawing goalless at their stadium against Metz and got stuck again in their attempt to approach the European positions.
The current champion of Ligue 1 cannot raise his head. Lately, every time he gets a good result, he doesn’t have continuity and ends up losing points in the next game. If last week they beat Montpellier 0-1 to break a streak of two straight losses, this weekend they opened their 25th with a 0-0 win against Metz.
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In addition, Lille showed an unflattering image. Opposite was Metz, now third from last, and they were barely able to generate scoring chances during the ninety minutes of a gray, boring and thick duel that was about to be postponed due to a strong storm.
Only Canadian Jonathan David, with just under half an hour to go, was able to break the tedium with a great chance that culminated in a poor shot saved by goalkeeper Marc-Aurele Caillard.
That was all that Lille offered, who, at the end, in added time, lost their nerve and were left with a man less by the expulsion of Edon Zhegrova, who stepped on the ankle of Ibrahim Amadou.
And, as a final climax, coach Jocelyn Gourvennec also saw a red card after losing his temper on the bench. Now, Lille provisionally rises to ninth place and is, with one more game, one point behind Rennes, the last club that would play next season in Europe.