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.

After the eight matches in the League Phase, our Champions League 2024/25 campaign will continue in February with a play-off to advance to the Knock-Out Phase. The draw carried out today, Friday 31

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.

Dozens of Feyenoord fans banned from traveling to Lille for a Champions League game between the two clubs have been turned away or arrested at the border.

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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.

After a frantic last round of action Wednesday, the inaugural 36-team league phase in Champions League history is over.

Arne Slot has declared that Liverpool's position at the summit of the revamped Champions League table offers no guarantees for the knockout stages.