When Lille lost its opening Champions League match in September, only a few bold gamblers would have bet on the Ligue 1 side to qualify for the last 16 of European club soccer’s elite tournament.

Feyenoord was handed a heavy defeat by OSC Lille in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday. The Rotterdammers lost the last game of the league phase 6-1 in France. Brian Priske’s side finished within the first 24 spots and qualified for the playoff round despite this.

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Lille gatecrashed the top eight of the Champions League standings and booked an unexpected place in the last 16 when they hammered hapless Feyenoord 6-1 at home on Wednesday on the last night of the group competition.

But the northern France side defied all the odds and concluded the league phase campaign of the competition with a 6-1 thrashing of Feyenoord on Wednesday. It was the first time Lille scored more than three goals in the Champions League.