For his return to Auguste-Delaune, Lensois coach Will Still played a bad trick in Reims, where he was on the bench again last season. The Belgian coach's men won 2-0 against the Remois on Friday evening at the opening of the 13th day of Ligue 1.
Beaten three times in their last four outings by the best teams in Ligue 1 – Lille (0-2), Paris (0-1) and Marseille (1-3) – the Sang et Or were able to steal their opponent by two repeated at the appropriate time thanks to Thomasson (23e) and Nzola (61e).
Return to Reims lands
Despite a complicated and brutal epilogue in Champagne, dismissed in April by the Stade de Reims, the Anglo-Belgian coach had brought a breath of fresh air to the Reims team which he had led to eleventh place, at the The end of the 2022-2023 season, marked by a series of nineteen matches without defeat.
Friday evening, his team contained a restless Japanese duo Ito-Nakamura, who failed to make the difference. More effective in attack, the Lensois gave Yehvann Diouf a hard time.
Back in the top 6
Adrien Thomasson launched his side perfectly with a nice sequence of chest control, a cross half-volley with the right foot from the entrance to the area on which Diouf was unable to do anything (0-1, 23e).
The Angolan international M'Bala Nzola doubled the lead when, ideally served by Angelo Fulgini, he achieved a superb oriented control in the area to gain the upper hand on two Rémois and score with a flat left foot crossed (0- 2.61e)
With this fifth success of the season, Lens (20 points) regains the European places (6e20 points) and passes Reims (9e18 pts).
