{"id":599693,"date":"2026-04-12T19:14:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T19:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/599693\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T19:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T19:14:15","slug":"lille-crushes-toulouse-to-maintain-champions-league-push-and-lyon-looks-to-end-winless-run-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/599693\/","title":{"rendered":"Lille crushes Toulouse to maintain Champions League push and Lyon looks to end winless run \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

PARIS (AP) \u2014 Lille maintained its strong push for an automatic Champions League place with a 4-0 win at Toulouse in Ligue 1 on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Lille moved up to third and one point ahead of fourth-placed Marseille, with the top three entering the lucrative Champions League directly next season and the side in fourth going through qualifying.<\/p>\n

Lille was leading 1-0 through right back Thomas Meunier\u2019s goal when American defender Mark McKenzie was sent off early in the second half for pulling back forward Matias Fernandez-Pardo as he ran through on goal.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLille’s Olivier Giroud celebrates at the end of the French League One soccer match between Lille and Lens, in Lille, France, Saturday, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo\/Jean-Francois Badias)<\/p>\n

Lille dominated after that red card, with left back Romain Perraud and Fernandez-Pardo scoring before veteran striker Olivier Giroud added a late penalty.<\/p>\n

Later Sunday, Lyon looked to snap a nine-match winless run overall when it hosted Lorient. Lyon coach Paulo Fonseca put teenage Brazil forward Endrick on the bench after criticizing his recent performances.<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old Endrick made a great start with Lyon after joining on loan from Real Madrid but his form has faded.<\/p>\n

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In Sunday\u2019s other game, Nice drew 1-1 at home to fellow struggler Le Havre. Both sides are hovering just above the relegation zone. ___<\/p>\n

AP soccer: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PARIS (AP) \u2014 Lille maintained its strong push for an automatic Champions League place with a 4-0 win…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":599694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-599693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}