LIVE. Lille – Real Madrid: the Dogues hold their own against the Merengue… follow the match

“LIVE. Lille – Real Madrid: the Dogues hold their own against the Merengue.. . follow the match”

It's on at Pierre-Mauroy, for the 2nd day of the Champions League! For the moment, under the eyes of Kylian Mbappé, the debates are balanced between Lille and Real Madrid.

Lille 0 : 0

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Starting from midfield, Endrick pierced the Lille defense. In a duel with the Lille goalkeeper, the Brazilian striker was unable to place his ball. The ball was came out through the chest of the Dogues' goalkeeper. 

21:18 – David was too collective (18th)

On a cross from the right to the left, the Lille striker was found at the edge of the penalty area. He preferred to put it back to a partner, rather than take a chance. The choice was not the right one!

21:13 – Bellingham loses (16th)

Forced to restart in the axis, Diakite comes across the English star. Put in trouble by a good return from Alexsandro, the Real Madrid midfielder did not have time to apply himself to his move. The ball goes over the goal guarded by Chevalier.

21:10 – Chevalier makes a good intervention (11th)

On a cross on the ground from Dani Carvajal, the Lille goalkeeper gets ahead of Endrick. The Dogues goalkeeper is very reassuring at the start of the game!

21:08 – Lille insists on the right side (9th)

For the moment, Mendy and Bellingham are holding their own without much difficulty. There are a lot of technical errors.

&At the edge of the penalty area, Zhegrova was taken down by Bellingham. Like a sly man, Vinicius tried to place the ball in Chevalier's side netting. The Lille goalkeeper quickly went to the ground. It was very dangerous. 

21:05 – Real Madrid settles into Lille's half (5th)

Diakité missed his recovery, and the Real Madrid midfielders went back up the block by about twenty meters.

21:04 – Carvajal is sanctioned (3rd)

The Real Madrid captain touched the ball with his hand on a nice acceleration from Bakker. It's a free kick towards the 35 meters of the goal guarded by Lunin. Unfortunately for the Dogues, Zhegrova missed his technical gesture. 

21:02 – Great intervention by Alexsandro (2nd)

Launched into the deep by Bellingham, Endrick was beaten by the Lille defender. His tackle was applauded by the public.

Valverde, in a magnificent atmosphere, launches this game! Lille is forced to an exploit in this Champions League. 

20:55 – The players enter the pitch!

The Pierre-Mauroy stadium was full for this gala match between Lille and Real Madrid! The Champions League anthem is ringing out in the Dogues stadium!

20:50 – Aurélien Tchouaméni is under fire from critics

The French international is not having the best start to the season of his career, and has had to take on a different role since Toni Kroos' early retirement. Ahead of this Lille – Real Madrid, the former Girondins de Bordeaux midfielder spoke about the recent criticism of him: “I am very calm about what people are saying. As an athlete, whether you do things well or badly, the most important thing is to help my team win. I do what the coach asks me to do. As a player, if you listen to the press too much, you go crazy. I am very calm.”

20:45 – What are the predictions for the Lille – Real Madrid match ?

Quite logically, online operators see the Merengue as the favorites for this Lille – Real Madrid. 

• Winamax: Lille (5.70) – Draw (4.20) – Real Madrid (1.56).
• Betclic : Lille (5.65) – Draw (4.40) – Real Madrid (1.53).
• Unibet: Lille (5.50) – Draw (4.30) – Real Madrid (1.55).

20:40 – This clash will be special for Kylian Mbappéé

The Merengue star will not be reunited with his brother for this Real Madrid – Lille. On the other hand, for the first time since his transfer to the Spanish capital, he is returning to play in France. And it is more unexpected since he did not participate in the Madrid derby due to a left thigh injury. Facing the press, Carlo Ancelotti expressed himself: “He recovered very quickly, he only trained individually, he did not lose his physical condition. We do not want to take any risks, but he wanted to travel to play. He feels good.”

20:35 – The Merengue line-up for this Lille – Real Madrid!

Carlo Ancelotti has decidedé to entrust the armband à Dani Carvajal for this Lille – Real Madrid. Mbappé takes a seat on the bench. 

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