2023-05-07 00:05:01
The dolphin is blood and gold, and he looks great. In an incandescent Bollaert stadium, Lens logically beat Marseille (2-1) on Saturday evening after a tense match, thereby snatching second place in the standings from their evening opponent. Solid defensively and unleashed in attack, the Artésiens scored two fine goals, by their playing masters Seko Fofana (42nd) and Loïs Openda (60th).
With this victory, they have taken a huge step towards the Champions League and are more than ever in the title race. PSG only have a three-point lead over these Lensois and are clearly under pressure on the eve of their trip to Troyes.
Le 19e but d’Openda
The case could however have turned sour for Lens, surprised by an early goal from Alexis Sanchez refused by the VAR for a light charge on the shoulder of the Chilean striker on Kevin Danso (8th). But Franck Haise’s players did not really doubt, taking matters into their own hands with a heavy shot curled on the post of captain Seko Fofana (22nd).
Upset by this unlucky outcome, the Ivorian midfielder tried his luck in the same way, at the entrance to the surface, this time finding the skylight of Pau Lopez (1-0, 42nd). Freed, the Sang et Or doubled the lead after the break, thanks to the 19th goal from Loïs Openda, on the fallout of a curled cross from Przemyslaw Frankoswki (2-0, 60th).
Marseille no longer has any illusions
Imperial, Lens then suffered the Marseille offensives and folded once, on a goal from incoming Dimitri Payet (2-1, 87th). But OM, quickly deprived of their trigger Alexis Sanchez, released at the break, was too short. His injury, like that of defender Samuel Gigot (29th), could weigh in the final sprint, even if Marseille has undoubtedly abandoned its last hopes of a title in Pas-de-Calais. Overtaken by Lens on the field and in the standings, the Marseillais will have to whip to the end to clinch second place, synonymous with direct qualification in the Champions League.
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