Amadou Onana was fielded in an unusual role once morest Chelsea in 10. Without much success. Jocelyn Gourvennec, the LOSC coach, explained this.
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Lille did not succeed in their bet on the move to Stamford Bridge and lost (2-0) in the knockout stages of the Champions League. If Romelu Lukaku was on the bench on the London side, another surprise awaited the Belgian from LOSC: Amadou Onana … was lined up in 10. “It was important to keep our bearings. We needed an additional midfielder in the middle to fix, because Chelsea are a team that always plays inside and we contained them well in this field”, explains Jocelyn Gourvennec following the meeting.
“But it’s very strong in front, it’s normal that by pushing, they have goal situations. We gave them little, tactically, the plan was rather well respected”, underlines the coach of LOSC . “On a few ball losses, they hurt us. But we showed that we came to play, not to suffer. We went to get them high, we played, attacked, but efficiency was on their side” . Not really an explanation, therefore, and for good reason – Gourvennec’s bluff did not work. Onana left in the 65th minute, replaced by Burak Yilmaz, and we doubt we will see him once more in a role other than that of a relay or defensive midfielder in the future.
