ANALYSIS. Lens – TFC: the great affair of the Toulouse residents, winners in the North, and three points from Europe… we’ll repeat the match for you

In VAR and for Toulouse! It is not so common for video refereeing to lean in your favor, twice in the same game… The TFC, which will naturally not complain about it, does not have to be ashamed of its success either. Already he has nothing to do with the “verdicts” handed down, then he stole nothing from a lift in Pas-de-Calais that he had not carried out since March 2011. The facts of the game, for example definition, are always debatable because they are subject to the interpretation of the central referee. So to human judgment. The two incidents which marred the match were no exception. Magneto.

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64^e minute: at 25m, on a ball pushed too far, and recovered from the outside by Djibril Sidibé, the returning David Pereira Da Costa does not stop and, late, lets his shoe drag on the right calf of the former Lille. The man in black first takes out a yellow card before being arrested by the “truck”, in this case Gaël Angoula assisted by Cyril Gringore. He then decides to change color. If Pereira Da Costa holds his right leg, his crampons end above the ankle of the Téféciste defender. In our opinion, the exclusion is justified – the physical integrity of the player is threatened, even though the offensive blood and gold “did not intend to cause harm” supports the RCL captain on the broadcaster's microphone.

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“One decision changes the entire match,” continues Florian Sotoca, “it ruins football!” Still on DAZN, the Lens coach will not add: “We could debate it for hours, says Will Still. One person will say yes, another no. Pfff, agree or not, which I regret in on the other hand, it is the absence of communication from the refereeing body on the red card like the penalty whistled.”

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73^e minute, second turning point: on a ball along the goal line, right side, following a touch, Zakaria Aboukhlal is in front of Malang Sarr who comes into contact, does not touch the ball, but with his left knee hooks the supporting leg of the Moroccan. There is contact but is it enough to award a penalty kick? Nobody would have found fault if VAR had not intervened; at the same time, the penalty is far from scandalous.

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So, the question arises: did Téfécé deserve to win? “If we retain possession (66%), Lens largely dominated us and got closer to our goal, that's clear. But if we look at the chances, points out Carles Martinez Novell, the results are more balanced. We score from the penalty spot, certainly now; welcomes the Catalan coach, we have also been able to generate real situations to score.”

The Violets had not won in Lens for 13 years!

Before through Aboukhlal (16) and Joshua King (17), after via Yann Gboho (79).

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Result of the races and accounts: casually, Tef has just signed its 6th victory in the last 8 days, collecting a whopping 18 units out of 24 possible. And finds himself this morning 3 points from the Top 6.

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“Europe? We believe in ourselves, we look the other teams in the eye. There are 18 games left to play, we will do everything for it but we must continue to work while only thinking about the next match.” Strasbourg, Sunday at 5:15 p.m. An appointment is made in a Stadium that we can easily imagine at the party…