Lille falls into a difficult but not impossible group

The Losc dreamed especially of the
Real and Barça, he will have Chelsea, Ajax and Valencia. We will go back for the prestige in
Champions League in a group H without real ogre. But with London one hour and a half from Eurostar and Amsterdam three hours away, this group will delight Losc fans who can follow their team in Europe without breaking the bank. "I am very happy with the draw. These matches will be real tests, "says Gerard Lopez, president of Losc

More broadly, in this complicated but fairly homogenous group, thinking about qualifying in the round of 16 is also not the realm of dreams. Even if the pedigree of the opponents remains prestigious for a club northerners who finds the track to the stars seven years later. Review.

Chelsea in reconstruction

Winner of the Europa League and third in the Premier League last year, the London club remains a safe bet. But the summer will have been upset in Chelsea. After seven years of loyal service, a number of
Eden Hazard, trained at Losc, packed his bags for Real Madrid. On the bench, exit the Italian Maurizio Sarri left to Juventus and place to
 Frank Lampard. The glory of the club came back through the big door this summer in his club of always having made his classes last year in Championship with Derby County.

Champions League – Group H:

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🇳🇱 Ajax
🇪🇸 Valencia
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– bet365 (@ bet365) August 29, 2019

Except that Chelsea did not break the bank this summer. And for good reason, the club is prohibited from recruitment. Its workforce, composed of French (Giroud, Kanté, Zouma) young and many players return loan, is struggling in this early season when the club occupies a poor thirteenth place after three days.

Ajax wants to continue to impress Europe

At one second, Ajax Amsterdam could have played in the last final of the Champions League. But Lucas' goal at the last second for Tottenham ruined his hopes after a European campaign that marked the spirits. Last year, Ajax and its young class seduced the whole of Europe with a technical quality that knocked out Real Madrid in the round of 16 and Juventus in quarterfinals. Just that.

As the Dutch champion, the Dutch squad lost several nuggets this summer (De Ligt, De Jong, Schöne, Dolberg). But the Zyech, Van de Beek, Tadic or Neres remained and allowed Ajax to get out of two complicated preliminary rounds to find his place among the big. The Dutch team, which is fourth in their league after three days, is the favorite of the group tied with Chelsea.

Valencia, an old acquaintance

Seven years ago, during his last Champions League campaign, Losc was already in the group of FC Valencia. Same thing in the Europa League 2009/2010 where the Lille club was also in the same group. Result: four games, one draw and three losses. In short, for this new reunion, Lille hopes to do better. But nothing will be easy against a team that finished fourth in La Liga last year and won the King's Cup against Barça. Trained for two years by Marcelino, the Valencian club, which has in its ranks a certain Kevin Gameiro, is in the process of finding his best hours. Mistrust.