Lens – Nantes: Racing is relaunching after a funny game of crazy Football!

We didn't imagine Lens being able to lose at 1-0 and, yet, it almost happened. And we no longer imagined winning at 1-2, and Racing turned everything around in four minutes. We also didn't imagine him scoring three goals, his biggest total of the season, with only one attacker still standing, and even then (Rémy Labeau-Lascary was ill)… At least, the Sang et Or listened to their coach, which required midfielders and defenders to compensate for absences in attack.

And we didn't imagine that the best defense in Ligue 1 would be so feverish with two big “balls”. Football is crazy sometimes. “ There are 3 million things going through my head », Confided Will Still at this stunning end to the meeting.

This match was therefore surprising, messy, unstructured. Above all, for a long time we found Racing in real difficulty to put itself in a good position in front of goal or to finish the actions (Adrien Thomasson's header narrowly wide, 2^e ; post by Andy Diouf, 55^e ; counterattack wasted by Facundo Medina, 89^e).

Opposite, we had taken out the double row of barbed wire, a very low, very dense block. Ten Lensois in the 35 meters from Nantes. It required patience and accuracy, which is not yet the main characteristic of this RCL.

“There are 3 million things going through my head…”

Przemyslaw Frankowski, still perfect on the penalty obtained by David Pereira da Costa (21^e), had nevertheless put the Sang et Or on the path to a success which could not escape them against Nantes who had been lacking victory for seven games.

But two huge blunders, from Facundo Medina (guilty in the area, penalty from Moses Simon, 35^e) and Kevin Danso (lost ball, goal by Nicolas Cozza, 71^e), plunged Lens into enormous doubt. Bollaert was even completely extinct in 75^e minute (protest after an arrest following the throwing of tennis balls which caused the match to be interrupted at the 10^e).

The Pallois “meatball”

And then, the newcomers helped ignite the little spark that was missing, with Hamzat Ojediran receiving a cross from Deiver Machado (86^e2-2). The irreproachable courage, commitment and state of mind were rewarded. Nicolas Pallois added a final touch of madness with his lobbed header which trapped Alban Lafont and which Adrien Thomasson extended into the goal (3-2, 90^e). Football is crazy.

« This is the character of our group, we didn't give up and we were rewarded, savors Adrien Thomasson. Losing at home against Nantes would have been really complicated, we would have had difficult days. We knew it was a crucial match. »

With these three points, this second success of the season at Bollaert, Lens is relieved. Because the pressure was slowly starting to build and the offensive doubts will be able to be temporarily pushed back.