Lille will face the English club Aston Villa in the quarter-final of the Europa Conference League, with the return match at home on March 18 (first leg on March 11), after the draw carried out on Friday in Nyon (Switzerland) where the UEFA. LOSC, for the first time in the top 8 of a European Cup, has already dominated the Birmingham club during the 2002 Intertoto Cup (1-1/2-0).
Aston Villa won the European Champion Clubs’ Cup in 1982, but have never shone on the European stage since. Lille, which is discovering this level, therefore has its chances on March 11 and 18. In the semi-final, the Mastiffs will face the winner of the match between Olympiakos and Fenerbahçe.