Lille Football Club have served defeat to the lion kings of UEFA Champions League football, Real Madrid in a fashion which displays the route through which teams should master in order the regime of Real Madrid’s overwhelming and intimidating supremacy in the competition.
Real Madrid in their quest to secure their second win in the 2024/25 champions league campaign fell short as they did not show much intentions and will-power in order to bag the three maximum points on the road.
Meanwhile, the French League-One side, Lille on the champions league night out-played the white angels of Spanish football as without taking into consideration, their position as the under-dogs heading into such a game with Real Madrid.
However, Real Madrid as the travelling opposition went into the without some of their big guys such as Thibaut Courtois, Kylian Mbappe and David all due to various forms of injury however, Kylian Mbappe was enlisted in the match day even though he was not fully fit to begin the game.
While the home side, Lille seized the opportunity of increasing their chances of making it into the next stage of the competition by making a statement of triumph against Reale Madrid.
Both side initiated the game in the most competitive way as they were showing signs of wanting to win the game by all cost. Yet, after the first 45 minutes heading into the second minute of stoppage time, the center-forward of Lille, made the most out of the chance being created by his team mates as he pulled-off a nice goal to put Lille in the lead before half time.
In the minds of all footballing fans of the away team, the pep talks at half time would make the difference in the next of the game but that could only be a dream as Lille showed gross resilience in averting any forms of attack being posed to them by Real Madrid. Stoppage time had been exhausted and the center referee blasted the whistle for the game to end in a victory for Lille and an upset for Real Madrid.
Carlo Ancelotti had few words to say at the post-match press conference regarding the outcome of the game, “Lille were better and deserved to win. We were bad and slow tonight. We did not create, the possession was slow, no ideas. We were bad under every aspect.”