Two exclusions, three penalties, the fiasco is total for the Mastiffs… Sunday afternoon, Losc was scuttled in the great widths on the side of Troyes (3-0 defeat) and officially said goodbye to its last hopes of qualification for a European Cup. For its part, Estac has come a little closer to maintaining since it now has a five-point lead three days from the end over Saint-Etienne, 18th.
Nervous, the Mastiffs broke down at the Aube stadium, in line with their disappointing season which saw their values of solidarity, so strong during their coronation last year, evaporate. Symbols of the end of the cycle that is coming, executives Renato Sanches and Burak Yilmaz broke down and were expelled.
A tenth place that is a stain
The Portuguese first received two warnings in a few seconds (50th), including one for making fun of the referee, then the Turk received a direct red card for a tackle from behind on a Trojan player (68th ). Their teammates were not necessarily more brilliant. They notably achieved the feat of conceding three penalties, all transformed by Florent Tardieu (43rd, 86th) and Ike Ugbo (55th).
This new setback for Lille, the tenth of the season, marks the end of a cycle for a team that had finished in the top 4 for the past three years. Three days before the end of the season, Losc is in a disappointing tenth place with 51 points, six lengths from a possible place for the modest Europa League Conference. The fall is terrible for a team which qualified brilliantly last fall for the knockout stages of the Champions League.