Bad evening for LOSC. Beaten by Red Star Belgrade (0-1), he will have to pull out all the stops in Serbia next Thursday in order to snatch his ticket for the round of 16 of the Europa League and imitate Olympique Marseille. As the Stats Foot account reminds us, the last French club to have qualified after losing their first leg at home in C3 was OM against Twente in the round of 16 in 2008/09 (0-1, 1-0, 7-6 tab)
A little wink from destiny, Marko Arnautovic, who returned during the match this evening against Lille, was present on the pitch with Twente against OM. The Mastiffs will therefore have more than ever a date with history since they were eliminated during their four confrontations in the knockout phase of the European Cup after losing their first leg at home (qualifying phase included).
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Lille will have to imitate OM against Twente in 2009
The statistics are inevitably bleak after this defeat since Lille becomes the first French club in history to lose at home against Red Star Belgrade in 10 European Cup matches (7 wins, 2 draws) and to lose at home against a Serbian team in the European Cup.
The Serbs, meanwhile, won a European Cup knockout stage encounter for the first time since October 4, 2007 in the UEFA Cup against Dyskobolia.
The observation is sadly historic for Bruno Genesio, who has five defeats during a season in the European Cup for the first time in his coaching career. He has lost 42% of his official matches with Lille this season (14/33), his highest defeat ratio during a season on the club bench.
André and Giroud in history
Despite the disappointment of the defeat, Benjamin André and Olivier Giroud both made history. The first named played his 48th meeting with LOSC in the European Cup, a record for a player in the history of the Lille club.
The 2018 world champion, for his part, became the first French outfield player in history to play in a match in the knockout phase of the European Cup at the age of 39.
🇫🇷 Olivier Giroud becomes the first French outfield player in history to play in a match in the knockout phase of the European Cup at the age of 39. #LOSCFKCZ
— Stats Foot (@Statsdufoot) February 19, 2026
To summarize
Bad evening for LOSC. Beaten by Red Star (0-1), he will have to reverse the situation in Serbia on Thursday to aim for the eighth. History: first failure at home against a Serbian club, André and Giroud enter the club and European records.
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