Lille coach Bruno Genesio hailed his team¡¯s perfect night after the Ligue 1 side beat Real Madrid 1-0 to end the 15-time European Cup winner¡¯s 14-game unbeaten streak in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Lille played without fear, pressed relentlessly and prevailed courtesy of a Jonathan David penalty in first-half stoppage time to wrap up a memorable win and hand Carlo Ancelotti¡¯s team its first defeat in all competitions since January.

¡°What this team did is incredible,¡± Genesio said. ¡°We try to put things in place, but you need the players to believe in the plan for this kind of upset to happen.

¡°You have to do everything perfectly, you need a ¡¯keeper who makes the decisive saves, a striker who scores and a bit of luck.¡±

Goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier certainly did his job, making a handful of spectacular saves when Real finally applied some proper pressure.

Lille managed to keep it together after a great first half, during which it had the upper hand against a timid Real side.

¡°We played a very good first half, we played together, it¡¯s a great night for everyone,¡± Genesio added, explaining he and his staff had studied Real¡¯s 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid in La Liga last weekend.

¡°We used this game to prepare,¡± he said. ¡°We saw that Real like to cut inside, so we put intensity in that sector even if we had to abandon possession sometimes.

¡°Then it was all about pressing when it mattered, everything worked perfectly, it was an ideal scenario even if we suffered a lot in the last 25-30 minutes, but Lucas made the saves we needed.¡±

Ancelotti hopes his team will earn from the defeat after going unbeaten in 36 games across all competitions.

¡°It seemed like we were improving and today we took a step back,¡± the Italian said.

¡°The loss against Atletico in January helped us to change. Hopefully the same will happen now.¡±