RC Lens did the job. Opposed to Le Havre this Friday at the opening of the 20th day of Ligue 1, the Sang et Or won at the end of a controlled match (1-0), thus temporarily regaining the chair of leader of the championship, pending the trip of Paris Saint-Germain to the Strasbourg lawn on Sunday evening (8:45 p.m.). “We’re nice and warm up there,” Robin Risser, the Lens goalkeeper, commented at the Ligue 1 + microphone after the game.
A week after abandoning the top of the ranking following the slap received at the Vélodrome against OM (3-1), Pierre Sage’s men bounced back perfectly in their lair, which is increasingly taking the form of an impregnable fortress. Against the Normans, Florian Thauvin’s band achieved a tenth consecutive success in all competitions at the Bollaert-Delelis stadium. Since Olympique Lyonnais on August 16, during the opening day, no team has managed to bring down the Lensois at home.
Despite the 12 minutes of added time that were difficult for the northern supporters at the end of the match, the autumn champions held on without panicking in the face of the threat of Le Havre counter-attacks. In control, as if they were getting used to managing the tempo of matches like the big teams, they retained their advantage, allowing Bollaert to explode at the final whistle.
Eagle bub,
To extend this series, the RCL once again relied on the work of its pistons Matthieu Udol and Ruben Aguilar. The first mentioned, author of his sixth assist of the season and now co-best passer in the championship alongside his partner Adrien Thomasson and the Parisian Vitinha, flashed his left foot to alert his counterpart on the right side. Alone at the far post, the latter did not tremble to place a beautiful volley from the right with first intention and beat Lionel Mpasi under the bar (1-0, 45th + 1).
An achievement that came just before the break and came to reward a large domination of the Lensois, clumsy for a long time in the last gesture against a well-established Lens block. Still in control, the Sang et Or thought they were taking cover following the goal scored by Adrien Thomasson on the surface and finally canceled for a handball from Wesley Saïd (66th). Despite his defeat in the last gesture, the championship leader defended fiercely, completing a fifteenth victory this season, the fifth in a row without conceding a goal at home. A real boss success.
