The suspense therefore remains at the top of the championship and Lens does not let go. By winning XX in Toulouse in a late match of the 33rd day, Franck Haise’s men are only one point behind the Marseille dolphin and six behind PSG. Abused for nearly thirty minutes, the Lensois knew how to keep a cool head before reacting. A habit that they had lost a little outside since the end of the World Cup by only winning, before the meeting, twice on the road since January. Faced with Toulousains which one could fear that they were not necessarily motivated after their victory in the Coupe de France, the Lensois had to work. Because the Haut-Garonne, pushed by a public who came in large numbers to thank them for their recent exploit, have, on the contrary, put a lot of pressure at the start of the meeting. But have logically crumbled a little over the minutes. On the counterattacks, the Lensois had a few opportunities to offer themselves a quieter end to the match but they were happy to be satisfied with this narrow victory.
The man of the match. Lois Openda. Obviously, the vision of a Toulouse shirt thrills the Belgian. In the first leg, against Toulouse at Bollaert, Loïs Openda had already scored a magnificent hat-trick. And he was also very effective on the lawn of the Stadium. While he had been very discreet for half an hour, touching only one ball in the opposing area, he quickly caught up. Upon receiving a cross, left side of Haïdara, Openda placed himself perfectly between two Toulouse defenders and opened the scoring with an uncrossed header against Dupé (0-1, 33rd)
The number. 9. As expected after the victory in the Coupe de France, Philippe Montanier, the coach of the violets had rotated for the reception of the Northerners. Nine of the holders in the final, such as Van den Boomen, Dallinga or Dejaegere, were on the sidelines or outright out of the group. On the side of Marseille, the big competitor of Lens in the fight for second place, we had moderately appreciated these Toulouse choices yet only dictated by the desire to avoid injuries. But given the match delivered by the TFC, no one can say that Toulouse distorted the competition.
