Ten-man Lille are through to the Champions League play-offs after edging to a 3-2 aggregate win over Fenerbahce following a 1-1 draw in the second leg on Tuesday. (More Football News)
Bafode Diakate's o🐎wn goal in second-half stoppage time levelled the aggregate 🌜scoreline, but Jonathan David's 118th-minute penalty ensured Les Douges' progress despite Aissa Mandi's red card.
After a slow first half, Lucas Chevalier made a sharp stop in the 54th minute, getting down quickly to keep Ismail Yuksek's low drive out, while Bright Osayi-Samuel al𒈔most broke the deadlock with a swerving volley in the 82nd minute.
Eventually, the hosts' pressure paid off, with Jayden Oosterwolde's long throw-in causing problems in the box, and Diakite's deflec🃏tion ghosted in at the near post, forcing extra time.
The game came back to life in the final 15 minutes, with Mandi receiving a straight red card after catching Irfan Can Kahveci in the sid☂e of the head with a high boot.
Lille did not feel the disad𝓡vantage though, as David's long-range shot hit Oosterwolde's outstretched arm, and after a VAR review awarded a penalty, the Canadian buried the spot-kick.
Fenerbahce almost forced penalties in the dying seconds as Cenk Tosun lifted a shot over the stranded Chevali🐠er, but he rattled the crossb🍨ar, meaning Fenerbahce will play in the Europa League this season.
Data Debrief: Living life on the edge
Lille may be th🀅rough to the next round, but that could easily have been a different story.
As the game went on, they started to play for the draw t✤hey knew would take them through, only to be punished for a late lapse in concentration after weathering Fenerbahce's 11 sh༺ots.
David got his rewardsꦕ for an impressive performance though - he had the most shots of any player on the pitch (five), generated the highest expected goals (1.29 xG) and had the second-most touches in the box (four).
