2023-12-02 21:26:13
At the end of a match full of twists and turns, RC Lens won against Olympique Lyonnais (3-2) for the thirteenth day of Ligue 1. Jostled by a double-scorer Jake O’Brien, the Sang and Or were able to react thanks to goals from Wesley Saïd and Przemyslaw Frankowski. In crisis for weeks, the Rhone residents remain last, while the Northerners were able to recover from the slap received at Arsenal in the Champions League (6-0) and strengthen their sixth place. They are temporarily two points off the podium.
Surely re-motivated by the departure of Fabio Grosso, OL entered their match with a lot of desire and creativity. Dangerous from the first minutes with a header into the side net from Diego Moreira, Alexandre Lacazette’s teammates dominated the first period. Following a corner deflection from Kevin Danso, Jake O’Brien was left unmarked in the Lens area and finished with his right foot in front of Samba, helpless (0-1, 15th).
The two goalkeepers turn into saviors before half-time
It didn’t take much time for Franck Haise’s men to react. A little over ten minutes later, scoring defender Jake O’Brien missed his intervention and his back pass turned into an assist for Wesley Saïd. The French striker fakes Lopes and calmly deceives him with a cross shot (1-1, 26th). At the end of the first period, the two goalkeepers stand out. Served by Florian Sotoca, Saïd, again, sends a powerful right-footed volley deflected by Anthony Lopes over his crossbar. A few dozen seconds later, Lyon goes on the counter and allows Brice Samba to shine by stopping on his line a ball sent from the chest by Alexandre Lacazette (40th). The two teams return to the break with a score of 1-1.
O’Brien, a double-scoring defender
As soon as they returned from the locker room, Lens raised their voice, Da Costa was very lightly touched by Alvero in the area and obtained a penalty. Frankowski transforms it by taking Anthony Lopes on the wrong foot and gives Lens the advantage (2-1, 51st). But Lyon does not give up and still worries the Lensois goalkeeper through Diego Moreira and Rayan Cherki (59th, 71st). Les Gones push, El Aynaoui deflects a corner from Rayan Cherki at the near post, and is extended into the Samba goal by… Jake O’Brien! (2-2, 72nd).
RC Lens reacted immediately, Ruben Aguilar sent a cross into the area and allowed… Przemyslaw Frankowski to score twice and give his team the advantage 15 minutes from time (3-2, 74th). OL did not give up and put some madness into the end of the match. Nicolas Tagliafico pushes Brice Samba into a marvelous double save on his line to allow his team to continue to maintain the three points (81st). Before the announcement of added time, Florian Sotoca was found guilty of a violent tackle on the Achilles heel of the Argentine defender and was immediately sent off by Clément Turpin. RC Lens therefore ends up numerically inferior.
At 10, the Lensois finally won 3-2 on their lawn against a Lyon team, provisionally coached by Pierre Sage. OL still haven’t won but seem in better health than in their last outings.
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