"Lille needed just four minutes to restore parity in the play-off following their 1-0 deficit from the first leg. Captain Benjamin Andre picked the ball up on the right wing and found Giroud with a pinpoint cross, and the Frenchman flicked his header past Mateus."
"Lille finally beat Mateus for a second time in the 99th minute after Felix Correia showed great awareness to spot the overlapping run from Ngoy, who slotted the ball in at the near post to clinch victory for the visitors."
"For the first time in a major European competition knockout-round tie, Lille have advanced to the next round after losing the first leg. They had failed to do so on the previous five occasions when losing the first leg of a tie."
Lille overcame a first-leg deficit to progress past Red Star Belgrade in the Europa League play-off. Olivier Giroud equalized early in the second leg with a header from Benjamin Andre's cross, restoring parity on aggregate. The match went to extra time, where Nathan Ngoy scored the decisive goal in the 99th minute after Felix Correia spotted his overlapping run. This marked Lille's first successful comeback from a first-leg loss in a major European knockout tie after five previous failures. Lille's attacking efficiency proved decisive, with eight of their 16 shots on target compared to Red Star's three from 15 attempts.
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