2023-10-25 11:14:09
Elye Wahi, the key man for RC Lens in the Champions League. PASCAL ROSSIGNOL / REUTERS
Magnificent and decisive scorer against PSV Eindhoven, Tuesday evening at Bollaert, the French hope takes RC Lens towards their dream of the round of 16.
Did Franck Haise’s instinct change the destiny of RC Lens in the Champions League? We play the 63rd minute Tuesday evening at Bollaert when the coach of the Sang et Or, led 0-1 by PSV Eindhoven, decides to make a triple change for “re-energize the team” et “make her more playful and more enterprising”. Very discreet until now, Elye Wahi must go out but his trainer is finally reviewing his plans. Good luck to him. A few seconds later, the French striker equalized with a delicious acrobatic effort from the outside of his foot, before giving way, this time for good, to his usual replacement Morgan Guilavogui.
As against Arsenal (2-1), Wahi enhanced a precise cross from caviar purveyor Przemysław Frankowski. As against Arsenal, Wahi took on the hero’s costume to allow the northern club to glean a precious point halfway through the group stage. “A coach sometimes has a last-minute intuition. I felt that even if it was difficult for Elye Wahi, he could score us a goal., Haise told Canal+ at the final whistle. A saving intuition.
He does a lot… with a little
The French international hopeful did not have a great night but one ball was enough to enhance his performance and change the appearance of the match. The mark of the greats. In the biggest competition. “The coach told me I had to go out when I went to see him, confided the person concerned. But it had this little trigger that meant I had to wait a little. It’s a nice little moment.”. If RC Lens remains undefeated in three C1 matches (one victory, two draws), it owes a lot to its young 20-year-old scorer who transforms the little ammunition he has into gold. Since his debut on the European scene, in Seville (1-1) on the first day, the former Montpellier player has touched only 61 balls (source Opta). A total sufficient to obtain the free kick scored by Angelo Fulgini in Andalusia, overthrow Arsenal with a goal and an assist then score again against PSV, who long believed they could muzzle him. But always on the lookout in the penalty area, intelligent in his movements, the Wahi finisher very often finds the solution.
With Wahi, all dreams are allowed
The last link in the Lens chain, it brilliantly validates the efforts made by its partners who now have only one idea in mind: to qualify the club for the first time in its history in the round of 16 of the Champions League. “We have three games left, three full-on games, we can start dreaming, we need at least one victory”summarized central defender Jonathan Gradit.
Currently 2nd in the group behind the Gunners (6 pts), RC Lens (5 pts) will travel to Eindhoven (2 pts) in two weeks with the ambition of obtaining, at least, the same result as this Tuesday evening. To then go to London with more peace of mind before a possible “final” against Sevilla FC (2 pts) at home. At the height of the event during their first three outings, the Sang et Or would be wrong to stop there. Especially with this Wahi, the real X factor of a collective regulated like music paper. Recruited last summer for 35 million euros, bonus included, the French hopeful does not disappoint in major events despite less sparkling form in Ligue 1 (one goal and one assist in 6 matches). His immense talent shines even in the eyes of Europe and is just waiting to experience an epic moment in the spring. In the middle of a dream, Lens believes more than ever in his lucky star. She wears number 9 and her name is Elye Wahi.
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