Jonathan David Leads Lille to Shocking 1-0 Win Over Real Madrid in Champions League
Jonathan David’s Penalty Powers Lille to Iconic Victory Over Real Madrid in Champions League.
In an incredible Champions League match, Canadian striker Jonathan David’s penalty kick shortly before halftime gave Lille OSC a thrilling 1-0 victory over Real Madrid. This historic victory at Stade Pierre-Mauroy launched Lille’s Champions League campaign and was one of the most important outcomes in Lille’s European history.
Wednesday saw Lille defeat Real Madrid 1-0 at home thanks to a Jonathan David penalty kick shortly before halftime, giving the French team the famous Champions League victory. In front of a sell-out 50,000 spectators at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille managed to hold on for the victory they deserved after Canada striker David scored from the penalty spot in first-half stoppage time.
Lille produced one of their best-ever European performances to secure a spot in this season’s Champions League, despite their outstanding play throughout. “Everyone gave an incredibly amazing performance, and the club and our supporters deserve this wonderful prize. Bruno Genesio, the Lille coach, remarked, “We are proud.”
In the meantime, Real, who had Kylian Mbappe play only as a substitute upon his comeback from a thigh injury, was far from the form that won them a 15th European Cup the previous year.
In the end, that might not mean much for Carlo Ancelotti’s team, who ended a 36-game winning streak dating back to January with a 3-1 victory over Stuttgart at home two weeks ago.
“I have the utmost integrity. We must recognize that there has been reasonable and accurate criticism of us for the game today. In this game, we did not perform well,” Ancelotti remarked.
With everyone playing eight games instead of six, the new 36-team Champions League format at least gives room for mistake, especially for the top teams on the continent.
The matchup between Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund in the previous season’s final, as well as matches against AC Milan and Liverpool, could prove to be difficult.
However, it is difficult to see them missing out on at least making it to the play-off round.
On the other hand, this was maybe the greatest night of many Lille players’ careers, and they were keen to take advantage of it.
This was particularly true for Ayyoub Bouaddi, the midfield player, who made his debut at the age of 17.
Bouaddi outperformed players on the Madrid team, including Jude Bellingham, a 21-year-old relative veteran, with barely a misstep.
For the first time since moving to Spain from Paris Saint-Germain, Mbappe was making an appearance on French territory. This same venue hosted his final PSG match in May during the French Cup final. The France captain started on the bench because he had only recovered from a thigh injury sustained the previous week.
Rather, Endrick, a young Brazilian who was making his first start since joining from Palmeiras, led Real Madrid’s attack. At eighteen years and seventy-three days, he broke Raul’s 1995 record and became the youngest player to ever start a Champions League match for Real.
Endrick surged into the area in the 19th minute, but Lucas Chevalier saved his attempt, giving Real Madrid a 1-0.
The goalkeeper for Lille had earlier denied Vinicius, but the home team was superior.
On minute 25, David met Edon Zhegrova’s cross at the back post to give Lille a near-goal, but Andriy Lunin, who was starting for Real Madrid in goal with Thibaut Courtois out, saved it and then turned the rebound onto the post.
In the dying seconds of the first half, Eduardo Camavinga’s hand in the box stopped a Zhegrova free kick, which resulted in the first goal. The Italian referee looked over the photos and indicated the location.
In August, during the third qualifying round, David had previously secured a vital penalty against Fenerbahce on the road. To make it 1-0, he sent Lunin in the wrong direction. Real needed to make a shift if they were to avoid suffering their first loss in eleven games this year.
Just before the hour, Mbappe entered the game, and 39-year-old Luka Modric took Endrick’s place. Shortly before those modifications, Zhegrova curled a shot that went just wide and had the opposite impact of what was intended.
However, Real came dangerously close to tying the score late on when Chevalier denied Arda Guler‘s rebound attempt and Bellingham failed to score from it.
Lille managed to hold on as Chevalier made another outstanding stop from Guler.
