2023-10-24 22:53:24
Lens hosted PSV Eindhoven this Tuesday, October 24 for the third day of C1. The Sang et Or equalized after the Dutch opened the score (1-1).
Published on: 10/24/2023 – 10:53 p.m.
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After the draw at Le Havre (0-0), last Friday for the 9th day of Ligue 1, Lens returned to the Champions League, at home, against PSV Eindhoven.
Lens, who occupies first place in Group B before kick-off, knows that a match won for this third day is a foot in the door of the round of 16. And since the start of this European campaign, Lens knows how to sublimate itself against the greats of Europe, as evidenced by its draw obtained through courage and self-sacrifice in Seville (1-1) then its no less heroic victory at the Stade Bollaert against Arsenal (2-1).
Elye Place, encore lui
In front of their home crowd, the Sang et Or had the opportunity to open the scoring from the start of the match when, launched on the edge of offside, Florian Sotoca entered the area and crossed. At the far post, Colombian international Deiver Machado arrives alone and strikes, but his recovery is too slow, and Walter Benitez pushes the ball away (8th). Then, the Lensois struggled to find the solution to open the scoring to Bollaert. The Sang et Or made a lot of inaccuracies in a first period which lacked rhythm. PSV even has the possibility of surprising Lens, with Hirving Lozano’s shot on the post (27th).
In the second half, Lens trailed after a fleeing ball hit by Johan Bakayoko who deceived Brice Samba. The goalkeeper dives too late to his right, while the leather is lodged in the small left net (54th). PSV Eindhoven is regaining momentum at this stage of the match. What reassurance before the second confrontation between the two clubs, in two weeks, on November 8, in the south of the Netherlands? Not really. Lens picks up the score after an acrobatic outside right from Elye Wahi, already a scorer against Arsenal (65th).
In the event of good results in the Netherlands, the Artois club, still undefeated in C1, could remove all the obstacles that litter its path to the round of 16, two decades after the last campaign in the queen of European competitions.
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