Canadians in Europe: Ugbo tops David in Ligue 1

Iké Ugbo got the better of Jonathan David and Lille in a victory that earned Troyes a crucial three points as they look to remain in Ligue 1 next season.

Here's a look at what Canadians did in Europe this past weekend.

Iké Ugbo, Troyes and Jonathan David, Lille - Lille's hopes of reaching European football were already dim heading into Sunday, but the visit to Troyes likely put the nail in the coffin of those dreams as a pair of CanMNT forwards faced off in Jonathan David for the visitors and Iké Ugbo for the home side in a match where indiscipline came to haunt the away side. Lille's best early chance came in the 23rd when David came into the left side of the area with a little bit of space. His cross rattled around a pair of defenders for a moment, but Burak Yilmaz was unable to capitalize and the danger was cleared. The hosts would open up the scoring before the half. As Tristan Dingomé attempted to cut inside the area, he was adjudged to have been taken down by veteran Portugal defender José Fonte and the referee pointed to the spot, despite Fonte's incredulity. Replays showed that Fonte had reason to be upset with Dingomé going to ground with minimal contact, but VAR confirmed the penalty that was tucked away by Florian Tardieu in the 43rd. Things got worse for Lille in the 50th and it was largely of their own doing. As Lille was pressing, Giulian Bancone theatrically went to ground under pressure from Yilmaz and a foul was given to ease the pressure on Troyes. Renato Sanches let the referee know that he disagreed with the call and was issued a caution for dissent, but that didn't stop the Portugal midfielder's protests and he received a second yellow in quick succession and Lille was down to 10 men. Troyes began