Samba, Thomasson, Wahi had stars in their eyes as they relived Lens’ success against Arsenal.
Brice Sambagoalkeeper and captain of Lens, winner of Arsenal 2-1, this Tuesday during the 2nd day of the Champions League (in press conference): “It’s an incredible performance, especially when you think about the journey at the start of the season, it wasn’t easy. But I wanted to tell the guys before the match that you had to believe in it, because in life everything is possible. We put everything on the pitch to win this match. We can only be proud. (…) We are still Little Thumb, leave us where we are. It’s only been two matches, there are still four matches to go, the road is so long. It’s not just a victory that will get us through. But in any case we give ourselves chances to, why not, pass”.
Adrien Thomasson (to La Voix du Nord): “We knew that we had to be extraordinary, that we all had to raise our level of play. And that’s what we managed to do, we were valiant until the end. We knew they were undefeated this season, it was a huge challenge for us. With the public, we are capable of anything, we showed it last season. It is a victory that will remain engraved. The first half was a roller coaster. After the first goal, I had a difficult time but I managed to switch and the equalizer did me good. We knew that if we continued to attack them, if we defended by moving forward, we would create chances and that’s what we managed to do. »
Elye Wahi (to the Voix du Nord): “Making the audience happy, hearing them scream, that’s what I wanted and I’m very happy to have done it today. I had a bit of chills (coming out in front of the Marek stand), because I’m not really used to it. In Montpellier, we had that, but a little less. I’m very happy and I hope we will continue this momentum because today we had a great match. (On the goal) We know the quality of Franky (Frankowski) as a crosser so I expected it a little, I knew he was going to put her behind and that’s what I did and she’s at the bottom . It’s a beautiful evening and I hope I can experience more.»
