Dortmund's entire season riding on the visit to Lille

Lille — Borussia Dortmund may be relying on continued progress in the Champions League to keep their season alive, but they head to France for the return leg of their last-16 tie against Lille with work to do after a 1-1 draw last week.

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Karim Adeyemi's first-half goal had given Dortmund the lead at home in the first leg, only for Hakon Haraldsson to fire in the equaliser which perhaps gives Lille the edge as the teams meet again at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy.

Dortmund are enduring a poor domestic campaign and a 1-0 home defeat against Augsburg at the weekend left them languishing in 10th place in the Bundesliga, seven points adrift of the top four and four points away from any European qualifying spot for next season.

There had been encouraging signs after Niko Kovac (right) was appointed at the end of January to replace the sacked Nuri Sahin, with the new coach leading Dortmund past Portuguese champions Sporting in the play-off round.