It was exactly the victory they needed to dream of a possible qualification in the round of 16. Last of their group before the match, the champions of France from Lille revived by going to win on the lawn of Seville, a team very difficult to move in recent years on the European scene. What Lille did not fail to emphasize after the meeting: “We can say that it is an achievement because Sevilla is intractable at home, thus noted the coach Jocelyn Gourvennec. Only Dortmund and Liverpool have come to win here recently in the Champions League. We responded present in what we wanted to do, and for once, we have this luck factor that rocks on our side. The collective discipline that we showed this evening, added to the efficiency, that changes a lot of things.There was satisfaction in the locker room but it was not exuberant because the players know that nothing has been done yet. Joy, smiles, but no euphoria. "
Because despite this victory, Losc has not yet qualified.
He is in second place in his group (5 points), two points behind Salzburg, his future opponent, and tied with the Germans from Wolfsburg.
But the way is now mapped out.
“I said after our defeat in Salzburg that we had not said our last word, continues Gourvennec, who achieves one of his first masterstroke as coach of Losc.
It was important to get up to speed, in European mode.
We do honor to France but our daily life is Ligue 1 and we have to put it back together.
The match will be good for the heads.
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"We will give ourselves the means to qualify"
As for the players, the satisfaction is the same for this first victory of the club in the Champions League since ... 2012. "It's exceptional, we were impatiently awaiting this victory, savoring the French international Jonathan Ikoné at the microphone of Canal +.
I hope it won't be the last.
We will give ourselves the means to qualify.
We showed that we were hungry.
From the start we believed in qualifying and now it is confirmed a little more.
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Captain Jose Fonte shifts: “The quality is still there.
We have not forgotten that we are the reigning French champions and we have a lot of qualities.
Unfortunately we had not been consistent.
You have to be solid like today, without leaving spaces between the lines.
By defending well, we will always have opportunities to be close to victory.
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