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Ligue des champions : Davide Ancelotti pointe les erreurs de Lille après la défaite contre le Betis
Lille a laissé filer une rencontre qu’il avait pourtant bien en main. Opposé au Betis Séville ce mardi pour son entrée en lice en Ligue des champions, le LOSC s’est incliné (2-3) après avoir mené à deux reprises. Un scénario frustrant pour les Dogues, qui ont complètement perdu le fil au retour des vestiaires.
En l’espace de quelques minutes, la formation nordiste a encaissé deux buts avant de voir Ethan Mbappé exclu. Une succession d’événements qui a considérablement compliqué la tâche des Lillois et permis au club espagnol de prendre définitivement le dessus. esporist.org
Ancelotti met en avant les erreurs
Après la rencontre, Davide Ancelotti a surtout retenu les approximations de son équipe. Le technicien italien estime que Lille a payé au prix fort ses erreurs commises en début de seconde période.
«« Le début de la seconde période a été compliqué pour nous. Il y a eu beaucoup de petites erreurs que nous avons payées très chères. Et ensuite, avec le carton rouge, la dynamique du match a totalement changé. Ça, c’est le football. Cela va nous servir pour apprendre pour la suite », a expliqué l’entraîneur lillois en conférence de presse.»
Malgré cette défaite, Ancelotti veut donc tirer des enseignements de cette première sortie européenne. Le LOSC devra rapidement corriger ces détails avant son prochain rendez-vous continental.
Arsenal au programme
Lille aura en effet un déplacement particulièrement relevé à négocier lors de sa prochaine sortie en Ligue des champions. Les Dogues se rendront sur la pelouse d’Arsenal le 13 octobre prochain, avec l’objectif de rebondir après cette déception face au Betis.
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Superbug ‘ate away’ All Black’s spinal disc
Tamaiti Williams is beginning to see light at the end of a brutal health battle, but the All Blacks prop remains without a return date after a superbug threatened his career.
The 27-Test loosehead prop has not played since February after contracting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which infected a disc in his spine.
Williams spent about four months in hospital across multiple stints after the infection returned, eventually undergoing surgery to fuse part of his spine.
“It pretty much settled in my disc in my back and ate away my disc, really.” Williams said on The Good, The Bad & The Rugby podcast.
“Have you ever seen a tree on fire? How the inside of the tree burns first, that’s pretty much what happened to my spine.
“I got real sick, I almost got sepsis twice. One of the first things they told me was I might be in a wheelchair. We love rugby, right, but I like walking, too.”
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The 26-year-old initially believed he had injured his back during the Crusaders’ Super Rugby clash against the Chiefs in Hamilton before the pain became unbearable.
“I was rolling around in bed, 10 out of 10 pain, arguing with my wife not to go to the hospital. My mum gave me a call and said, ‘I’m going to call the police if you don’t go to the hospital’.”
Williams dropped from about 140kg to 122kg during his hospital stays and struggled with the effects of powerful antibiotics and pain medication.
The infection returned after seven weeks of antibiotics through a PICC line, prompting surgeons to operate.
Four screws were inserted to fuse his T12 and L1 vertebrae, stabilising his spine and allowing it to heal.
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Williams remains on oral antibiotics until mid-October and is currently limited to walking as he works with the Crusaders’ medical team.
“We don’t have a date, but it’s more like do a six-week block of training, get some scans and have another meeting, see how it’s going,” he said.
Williams has been tentatively cleared to start running when the Crusaders begin pre-season in November.
“It’s going to be a long pre-season. I’m ready, I’m keen to get going. I haven’t done a pre-season since 2021, my first year.”
Photo: Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images
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Haaland strikes twice in Porto Champions League victory
LISBON, Portugal, Sept 9 – Erling Haaland scored twice as Manchester City began their Champions League campaign with a comfortable victory against Porto.
Norway star Haaland scored the only goal against Coventry on Saturday and was the match winner once more, nestling a header into the far corner and rolling home another to take his tally to 36 Champions League goals for City in only 40 appearances.
City have been knocked out by Real Madrid in each of the past three season but their return to Lisbon’s Estadio do Dragao – where they lost the 2021 final against Chelsea – was a much more pleasurable experience.
Enzo Maresca’s side have started the Premier League season with three straight victories and they controlled this contest, with an impressive showing by teenager Ayyoub Bouaddi’s on his first start for City.
Porto goalkeeper Diogo Costa had an inspired first half, twice denying Haaland with superb reflex saves, while also keeping out efforts from Antoine Semenyo and Phil Foden.
Francesco Farioli’s side have won all five league games so far this season but were left frustrated at home and often showed how tough a task they have in Europe, failing to manage a single shot in the opening 45 minutes.
Though Alan Varela curled narrowly wide after his side fell behind to Haaland’s opener and William Gomes also screwed off target, they ended the contest without being able to call Gianluigi Donnarumma into action.
The result means 2004 champions Porto have won only two of their past 17 games against English teams in European competition, while City will be aiming to lift the trophy for the first time since their Treble-winning campaign in 2023.