Champions League: Lille offers the round of 16

Lille's Turkish striker Burak Yilmaz.

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Text by: Farid Achache Follow

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Jocelyn Gourvennec's men went to beat Wolfsburg on the 6th and final day of the group stage, Wednesday 8 December (3-1).

Le Losc thus offers itself the knockout stages of the Champions League, taking first place in group G. 

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It took Lille 15 years to return to the knockout stages of the Champions League.

Unexpected leader of his group, Lille traveled to Wolfsburg to try to write a memorable page in its European history.

In an extremely tight Pool G, all the teams were still in a position to qualify for the next round, including the Germans, who had their destiny in hand since a victory was enough for them.

A second representative in the round of 16 of the queen event

Le Losc, winner of his last two meetings in Seville (2-1) and against Salzburg (1-0), had a little more latitude since a draw allowed the northern club to reach the European top 16 for the second times in its history.

Inflated and not wanting to miss their chance to offer France a second representative in the round of 16 of the queen event, two weeks after the qualification of PSG, the Lille opened the scoring in the first period thanks to the Yilmaz's left foot from the 11th minute.

Just after, Wolfsburg passed very close to the equalizer with a terrible left-footed strike from 20 meters from Waldschmidt, whose crossed trajectory flew flush with Gbric's right post.

In the 35th, Yilmaz had the possibility of making a double with a curling shot of the right foot on target, following a free kick.

Casteels easily blocks the ball near his right post.

Despite Wolfsburg's twelve centers in the first period, the Germans were unable to come back.

In the second half, on an individual action, Jonathan Ikoné unleashes a powerful strike from the left at 20 meters, pushed back by the German goalkeeper over the cage (53rd).

After a weak time, Lille ended up once again finding the net to make the break with Jonathan David (72nd).

Angel Gomes scored the third goal in stride (78th).

Wolfsburg reduced the score with Steffen (89th). 

While Losc had a bad start in this European campaign after a draw against Wolfsburg (0-0) and a defeat in Salzburg (2-1), the Mastiffs then managed to re-mobilize to finish in first place. a raised group.

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