Alone one meter from the emptied goal, Rémy Cabella suffered the worst miss of the season during Lille’s defeat at Reims (1-0).
The weeks follow each other and are not alike for Rémy Cabella. Author of a great match last weekend against Ajaccio (3-0), the Lille playmaker was much more unhappy during the defeat of his team in Reims (1-0) this Saturday.
At the start of the second half, the former Montpellier player missed a golden opportunity to equalize for his team. After a nice collective movement from Paulo Fonseca’s men, Edon Zhegrova, from a cross from the right, found Cabella in ideal position. The Losc number 10 was absolutely alone in front of the empty goal, one meter from the cage, right in the center. But he took the ball (which came quite hard) with his heel, and the leather spun on the right post of the Reims goalkeeper, particularly lucky on this one.
How does he miss that Cabella seriously??? #SDRLOSC pic.twitter.com/JZnbnxFbAo
– FollowerLillois (@FollowerLillois) May 6, 2023
This failure of Cabella, very costly for Losc who is in search of points to win a European qualification, comes to integrate the “Pantheon” of Ligue 1 in the matter, which includes among others the incredible action of Eric Choupo-Moting with PSG in April 2019. It is quite simply the biggest miss of the season according to the analyzes of Opta, which saw a situation at 0.96 xG (expected-goals), or 96% chances of scoring for Cabella.
0.96 – Remy Cabella’s shot against Reims has an Expected Goals value of 0.96, the highest xG value for a shot not ending in a goal this season in Ligue 1. Unmissable. pic.twitter.com/Zygwo6AJIY
— OptaJean (@OptaJean) May 6, 2023
