After 2 days of medical and physical tests, the RC Lens reconnected with the ball this Friday morning on the Maracana de la Gaillette plain. Under the eyes of Will Still and with a reduced workforce.
The players involved in national selections this summer were all absent (Buksa, Frankowski, Danso, Samba, Machado, Pandor, Abdul Samed, Mendy, etc.). Some were in the gym like Wesley Saïd or Neil El Aynaoui who ended the season with an injury. Julien Le Cardinal and Stijn Spierings, back from loan but expected to leave, were missing, unlike the goalkeeper Hervé Koffi, the only recruit, was able to make his first exchanges of the ball with Hervé Sekli.
Several young people were also present, including Rémy Labeau Lascary and Koto Camara, returning from loan, but also Ayanda Sishuba, Ismaëlo Ganiou and Tom Pouilly. Ball and muscle strengthening workshops were on the program. In front of Will Still accompanied by his brothers who followed him to Lens, Edward and Nicolas. The Lensois will move to a rhythm of 2 daily training sessions next week after a day of rest on Sunday. A friendly against Kortrijk is planned for Saturday behind closed doors. The friendly program, which also plans a match at OH Louvain on July 20 then confrontations at Bollaert on August 3 and 10 against Leverkusen and Leicester could still be completed. The Lensois will also go on an internship in the Netherlands. Updated at 2:30 p.m.: The full program of the friendly matches is known, consult it here.
