The Lille president has heaped praised on his players after they fought back against FC Copenhagen to seal their place in the group stages of the Champions League
Les Dogues crawled through the group stages of the European group competition after defeating FC Copenhagen in the second leg, this Wednesday.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lille-OSC-c39800 needed a convincing win against the Danish side in order to progress to the next rounds, and thanks to a late goal from Tulio de Melo, the French club achieved that feat.
It was Lille’s first win at their new stadium and club president, Michel Seydoux, is pleased to see his side getting back to the winning ways.
While talking to reporters, the president stated that the victory has given him huge joy and he is pleased with the way his players performed in that game.
The 65-year-old said that to see LOSC win at Grand Stade Lille Métropole for the first time, has added to his pleasure.
"This is a wonderful moment, our first victory in this wonderful stadium," the Frenchman told reporters.
FC Copenhagen gave Lille a hard time and Seydoux is impressed with the way Les Dogues dealt with that. The visitors made life difficult for the Ligue 1 outfit and the chairman is pleased to witness a great game of football.
"This is one of the most beautiful emotions I have experienced as club president. We saw a beautiful game of football."
Lille captain, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rio-Mavuba-c31174, has echoed Michel Seydoux’ sentiments and is looking forward to playing in the Champions League.
While talking to reporters after the match, the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 would be interesting for Lille, as the players could come up against their former team-mate,
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"I hope we will avoid Barcelona. We have run after the ball enough tonight. On the other hand, I would like to draw Chelsea so I could come across Eden Hazard. That would be nice."
Champions League’s draws are set to hold today, and it would be interesting to have Lille and the reigning European champions in the same group.
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