Rene Girard confident Lille can compete on two fronts

Lille manager Rene Girard says that his side can compete for Champions League football and the French Cup this season.

By Mark Langshaw, Reporter | 11 February 2014

Lille manager Rene Girard believes that his side have what it takes to challenge for Champions League football as well as the Coupe de France.

The six-times French cup winners take on amateur outfit Caen this evening for a place in the quarter-finals of the competition, and sit in third place in Ligue 1.

"We have the means to carry out these goals [in league and cup]," he told reporters ahead of the cup tie.

"[But] it is never a foregone conclusion. In this event any team is capable of a winning and can be dangerous.

"The Coupe de France has more flavour than the league cup, and remains something attractive [to us]."

Lille last lifted the Coupe de France in 2011 when they defeat Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 in the final.

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Paris Saint-Germain PSG	31	20	10	1	76	29	47	70
2	Monaco Monaco	30	17	7	6	56	38	18	58
3	Brest	30	15	8	7	44	29	15	53
4	Lille	30	14	10	6	43	26	17	52
5	Nice	30	13	9	8	33	24	9	48
6	Lens	30	13	7	10	39	32	7	46
7	Rennes	30	11	9	10	44	36	8	42
8	Marseille	30	10	11	9	45	37	8	41
9	Lyon	30	12	5	13	39	49	-10	41
10	Reims	30	11	7	12	37	41	-4	40
11	Toulouse	30	9	10	11	36	39	-3	37
12	Montpellier HSC Montpellier	31	9	11	11	39	43	-4	37
13	Strasbourg Strasbourg	30	9	9	12	33	41	-8	36
14	Nantes Nantes	31	9	5	17	29	49	-20	32
15	Le Havre Le Havre	31	6	11	14	30	41	-11	29
16	Metz	30	8	5	17	31	49	-18	29
17	Lorient	30	6	8	16	36	59	-23	26
18	Clermont	30	4	10	16	21	49	-28	22