Freiburg progress to UEFA Europa League last 16 despite late Lille defeat

Lille 1-0 Freiburg 

Goals: Giroud 90+1 (pen)

Freiburg have advanced to the next stage of the UEFA Europa League despite losing their final league phase match against Lille in added-time. The match picked up in the second half after an uneventful first 45 minutes, with both sides having decent chances to take the lead. 

Freiburg boss Julian Schuster lost a key man in the 74th minute, when Maximilian Eggestein was red-carded for a dangerous late tackle on Matias Fernańdez-Pardo, which will see the German midfielder serve a ban in the next round. 

In the end, it was hosts Lille, needing to earn at least a point tonight to stay in the European competition, who won the game right at the death, after Giroud hammered a penalty into the corner of Noah Atubolu's net. With a seventh-place finish in the Europa League table, Freiburg will now advance to the last 16 of the competition, while Lille are heading for the play-offs after climbing up to 18th on the final matchday. 

As it happened!