Losc and Ajax have already faced each other last season in the Champions League -
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The reunion did not drag on.
This Monday in Nyon, fate designated Ajax Amsterdam as Losc's opponent in the round of 16 of the Europa League on February 18 and 25 (go to Lille, return to Amsterdam).
A formation that Losc knows well since the two teams were in the same group of the Champions League last season.
A bad memory for the Northerners beaten both among the Dutch (4-1) and at the Pierre Mauroy stadium (0-2).
This season, Losc hope to reverse the trend against the leader of the Dutch championship who finished third in his Champions League group behind Liverpool and Atalanta Bergamo.
Semi-finalist of the big European competition in 2019, Ajax has lost some of its splendor with the departure of many key players in the past two years (Ziyech, Van Den Beek, De Jong, De Ligt ...).
Botman will return to his old club
This “stadecouvertico” will also be the occasion for Sven Botman to remember the memory of his former club.
The defender, who arrived in Losc this summer, was trained at Ajax but has never played in the first team.
The Dutch club, who first loaned him to the northern club, finally agreed to sell him at the end of September to Losc for around eight million euros.
Finally, this meeting will also be an opportunity for Lille supporters to keep up with each other.
Last year, more than 200 Losc fans ended up at the post for having put too much atmosphere in the metro.
Little chance of reliving this kind of scene given the health context.
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