11-05-2020, 11:06 PM
(11-05-2020, 10:56 PM)Ryo Wrote: Bad loss today, but I can't say much cause I only started to watch when the team were 2-0 down and starting to pick up the pace.
That said, I'd rather we lose 1 game 3-0 rather than 3 games 1-0.
To see the way we will react in the Hellas match on the weekend will show mentally where the team are at.
And hopefully in the away fixture after Napoli, Pioli and the team won't under-estimate them again.
Sparta Prague win means that we're still 3 points up on 3rd place.
Yeah I was thinking the same about the mental bit. I think that can tell us a lot about how we'll fare this season. If we can bounce back quickly, then that's a very good sign. I do think the intense schedule is taking its toll as well, both physically and mentally.
As for this match, Lille is not a bad team at all. Aren't they flying high in France at the moment? Tonight they definitely played with more precision and intensity than us, and tactically they also got it spot on. They would sit low, draw our players up the pitch and then hit us hard and fast in the spaces we left for them. I had a feeling this was going to be a very difficult game, and I think we underestimated them quite a bit by fielding only half our starting XI. This was not going to be a match like the ones against Sparta and Celtic.