dominates and puts itself back in the race for Europe

dominates and puts itself back in the race for Europe
Lens dominates Reims and puts itself back in the race for Europe

For his return to Auguste-Delaune, Lensois coach Will Still played a bad trick in , 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 – (0-2), (0-1) and (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, (20 points) regains the European places (6e20 points) and passes Reims (9e18 pts).

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