And this is achieved night His second successive victory over a Spanish team after defeating 1-0 real madrid Defending champion in the last round.
Lille reached six points, while winning Atletico Madrid Only three points from three matches
“We had a rocky start because we conceded a goal that we could have avoided,” Lille coach Bruno Genesio said.
He added: “In the last 15 minutes of the first half, we felt that our energy was renewed. We had a chance to equalize before the break, and I was confident that we would not concede again and that we would have chances to equalize.”All my players were decisive. We have made strides towards qualifying for the round of 16.”
The French team fell behind with an early goal scored by Julián Alvarez, taking advantage of a clumsy back pass played by the defender Ousman Toure He put the ball into the net in the eighth minute.
The following minutes brought more bad news for the visiting team, as midfielder Remi Kabia was forced to leave injured in the 16th minute and was replaced by Idun Zigrova.
Atletico wasted many chances in the first half, three of which went to Alexander Sorloth before the break.
Lille’s most dangerous chance in the first half came in stoppage time when Zegrova fired a shot over the crossbar, but he paved the way for the comeback when he equalized in the 61st minute with a powerful shot with his left foot.
Atletico almost regained its lead immediately when Antoine Griezmann played unmarked and shot a direct shot over the crossbar.
But David put the French team ahead with a penalty kick in the 74th minute, after scoring the winning goal against Real Madrid, before adding the third goal with a deflected shot into the net in the 89th minute.