Lille beats Sturm Graz and remains firmly in the fight for the G-8 in the champions’ league

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French allow Sturm Graz to fight back, but late goal takes team to 6th place

Lille beats Sturm Graz and remains firmly in the fight for the G-8 in the champions' league
Lille beats Sturm Graz and remains firmly in the fight for the G-8 in the champions’ league

Homework

Lille played well for most of the match and won another Champions League match, their fourth win in six matches. This Wednesday, playing at home, they beat Sturm Graz 3-2 and entered the fight for the G-8 of the tournament.

Table

The French team has 13 points and is in sixth place, but could be overtaken by teams that take to the field at 5pm. Sturm Graz has only three points and has a remote chance of qualifying for the playoffs. There are two rounds left until the end of the first phase and both will be held in January.

The 90 minutes

Lille started the match very well, missing an easy goal with Jonathan David and scoring with Sahraoui – a great goal – and Bakker in the first half. However, they were surprised by a goal in injury time scored by the visitors, with Kiteishvili. Right at the start of the second half, Sturm Graz equalized, this time with Biereth. Lille took a while to take control of the game, but managed to gain control of the game and pressed towards the end, until scoring with Haraldsson, who came on in the second half.