nextbet Lille 6-1 Feyenoord: Three Own Goals Help French Club Gatecrash Top Eight In UCL

Lille's players celebrate their huge win over Feyenoord. Lille's players celebrate their huge win over Feyenoord.

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. (More Football News)nextbet

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,panaloko and they will face either Milan or PSV in the play-offs later this month.

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Data Debrief: Feyenoord make unwanted history

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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.

Defending champions India will now face off against China, who beat Pakistan in the first semi-final.

Earlier in the match, a raucous crowd gave the Chinese players full support as they faced a formidable Pakistan. The game started slow with both teams struggling to find space in each other's defence. However, China kept control of the ball and made more attacks than Pakistan.

They have now conceded five own goals overall in the competition this seasonnextbet, the most ever recorded by a team in a single edition.