Le Losc qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League by taking the lead in group G thanks to their victory (3-1) in Wolfsburg on Wednesday.
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For the first time in the 2006-2007 season, Losc will see the knockout stages of the Champions League. A performance hailed by the coach of the northern club, Jocelyn Gourvennec, and the vice-captain of the Mastiffs, Benjamin André, in a press conference, after Lille’s success in Wolfsburg (3-1), Wednesday, December 8.
“This is something extraordinary”. A few minutes after the Lille qualification, Benjamin André did not shy away from his pleasure. The midfielder is very happy to take Losc a little higher on the European stage. “We find ourselves dreaming, we want to go as far as possible with this team. I think that by being at 100% we can do something great”. His coach, Jocelyn Gourvennec, praised the performance of his players. “After the title, the Champions Trophy, the first victory in the Champions League in Pierre-Mauroy, the players mark the history of the club a little more. We do honor to Ligue 1, to the title of champion and to this great competition that is the Champions League “.
The Mastiffs will know their opponent in the round of 16 on Monday. “Everyone will prefer to play Lille rather than Bayern or Juve. Nobody saw us qualify, even for a European Cup”, admitted the Lille coach at the microphone of Canal +.
But while waiting for the draw, the two men do not forget their daily bread, Ligue 1, where Losc stagnates in eleventh place. “We do not have time to be in the calculation of our next opponents. The championship arrives on Sunday and we are behind. We need points”, recalls Benjamin André. The Mastiffs will host Olympique Lyonnais on Sunday at 1 p.m.