Victor Osimhen was on target as Lille booked a place in the semi-final of the Coupe de la Ligue following a 2-0 win against Amiens SC in their semi-final tie at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy on Wednesday night, reports Completesports.com.
Luis Araujo opened scoring for Lille five minutes after the break.
Osimhen then added the second goal eight minutes later with a calm finish after he was set up by Boubakry Soumare.
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Osimhen has now scored two goals in two appearances for Les Dogues in the competition.
In England, Kelechi Iheanacho scored the equalising goal for Leicester City in their Carabao Cup semi-final first-leg 1-1 draw against Aston Villa at the King Power Stadium.
Iheanacho took the place of Ayoze Perez in the 69th minute.
He worked the ball onto his left foot and slammed it into the net after receiving a pass from Jamie Vardy in the 74th minute cancelling out Frederic Gilbert opener for Aston Villa.
By Adeboye Amosu
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