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Previews: Govou targets farewell gift

Olympique Lyon forward Sidney Govou wants to bid farewell to the club he has graced for over a decade by offering them a Champions League spot.

Third-placed Lyon will finish second to gain direct access to the Champions if they win at home against Le Mans and Lille, currently in the runners-up spot, do not win at Lorient.

"I'll give it everything I have because I want to leave on a high note by helping my club secure a Champions League spot," France winger Govou, who said he would leave Lyon but did not say where he would go next, told Reuters.

"We now have the experience to handle that type of match and we have showed lately that we could win away matches so we're going to Lorient to win, clearly," Lille coach Rudi Garcia told reporters.

"There's Europe to play for and we'll play that match with a lot of confidence and absolutely no pressure," Montpellier coach Rene Girard told reporters.

"It will not be easy but we can make it," goalkeeper Olivier Sorin told Reuters. "To be honest, we would be a little bit disappointed if we didn't make it."

"I don't want my players to take it too easy," warned Marseille coach Didier Deschamps "We must respect our opponents," he told reporters.

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