Lille gatecrashed the top eight of the Champions League standings and booked an automatic place in the last 16 by crushing hapless Feyenoord 6-1 on Wednesday.
Osame Sahraoui struck from an acute angle to put the hosts ahead after just four minutes, and though Feyenoord levelled 10 minutes later through Santiago Gimenez’s header, their joy would not last.
Three own goals – two from Gernot Trauner and one from David Hancko – took the game away from the Eredivisie club, with all three coming from low crosses into the six-yard box.
Jonathan David curled home in the 74th minute and Remy Cabella completed the rout with 10 minutes to play with a header into an empty net, as Lille recorded their biggest ever win in Europe.
Lille, who finished fourth in Ligue 1 last season, had to come through two preliminary knockout rounds to even reach the league phase, but this victory ensured they inched ahead of Atalanta and Aston Villa to finish seventh.
Feyenoord finished 19th with 13 points, and they will face either Milan or PSV in the play-offs later this month.
The potential opponents for the top eight teams in the UEFA Champions League. Some potential to look forward to… pic.twitter.com/Tha9NbSp03
— Opta Analyst (@OptaAnalyst) January 29, 2025
Data Debrief: Feyenoord make unwanted history
Feyenoord have become the first team in Champions League history to score three own goals in a single game, while Trauner became the first player to score two in a match.
They have now conceded five own goals overall in the competition this season, the most ever recorded by a team in a single edition.
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