Lens had not known this for six months. A defeat in Ligue 1. The Sang et Or saw their series of meetings without failure stop at seventeen, last weekend… once morest LOSC, their intimate enemy, their geographic rival. A kind of double jeopardy. But this Saturday, they swept away the prospect of the stoppage by painfully disposing of Montpellier, at Bollaert.
A 1-0 success won thanks to Wesley Saïd, who took advantage of a loss of ball from Téji Savanier to record the rebound of his people. “It was not necessary to question everything following a defeatsaid the striker at the microphone of Canal +. It was very hard, once morest a compact team that didn’t let us play much (…) We score on an error on their part. We have survived.”
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Montpellier – Lens / Ligue 1
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Best start in Lens history
Franck Haise also minimized the impact of the setback once morest Lille. Promoted general manager, Lensois coach has been extended until 2027 this Thursday. Proof that a hiccup in a derby does not erase months of work. “Is it gone once more? I would rather say that it continues”he replied to our colleagues, insisting on the balance sheet of his team, following 11 days.
“If you had told me: ‘You win the derby but you have 12 points.’ I’d rather lose the derby and get 24“, developed Haise, whose formation is third in Ligue 1 – five units ahead of the Dogues (6th) -, before the meetings on Sunday, a week before a trip to the Vélodrome. There will be talk of the podium, whether OM have a good result or not at the Parc des Princes by then.
Franck Haise, RC Lens coach.
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“Not the same RC Lens as usual”
This start to the championship is the best in the history of RC Lens, tied with that of 2001-02, which saw the Northerners finish 2nd, following a famous “final” once morest OL starting their reign on this occasion. But the trend is still down, in the game and offensive efficiency, in particular: 4 goals scored in 6 matches is not much.
Low yield, all the more noticeable as the Lensois crushed Lorient 5-2, before marking time. “It’s not a physical problem“, sweeps the goalkeeper Brice Samba, evoking reassuring “data” on this subject. He recognizes however that “it has not been the same RC Lens as usual. “Whoever wins has not been thrown into oblivion by a single hitch. That’s the main thing.
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