If successful this Tuesday against Salzburg, Losc would take a big option for qualifying for the knockout stages in the Champions League.
A dream opportunity for a club badly embarked this season in Ligue 1.
All we know is that nothing will be done regardless of the outcome. But in an ultra tight Group G, Losc can take a very big step towards qualifying for the knockout stages of the Champions League on Tuesday night against Salzburg. Second in the group, two points behind the Austrian champion (7 points), the northern club can definitely take its destiny in hand one day from the end of the group stage.
The stake is immense, even unexpected compared to the performances of Losc this season in Ligue 1 (12th).
And northern players are well aware of this, like Xeka.
“With a great game like that, we have the opportunity to do something beautiful.
If we win, we will be in a very good position to advance to the eighth.
The team is very motivated.
It's a very important match for us and for the club, ”admits the northerner midfielder.
Join the European top 16
And for good reason, six months after an improbable title of champion of France, Lille now begins to dream of integrating the gratin of the European top 16. If nothing will be official because everything will be decided (elimination or qualification) whatever happens on December 8 in Wolfsburg, a victory against Salzburg would guarantee at least third place and therefore qualification in the Europa League. But faced with the undefeated leader of the Austrian championship, who had won without worry in the first leg (2-1), we must avoid believing ourselves already arrived in a match that could well be historic for Losc.
“We have to prepare well to make a maximum of effort so that there is a maximum of strong emotions.
It can be a very important moment in a career for the club, the players, the staff, and all the people who work.
We must not play the match before.
There are things that we anticipated but there is an emotional dimension linked to the match and the event in a corner of our head, ”admits Jocelyn Gourvennec, the northern coach.
Much contested since his arrival, the technician from the North also knows that he will gain a lot of credit if Losc qualifies for the knockout stages of the most beautiful European competition.
Badly embarked in Ligue 1 where it has not won for five games, Lille would like to make Europe a real consolation prize.
The time is ideal to find a credit well started since the offseason.
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