Ligue 1: Lens temporarily takes head of championship after his victory over Troyes

Dominator but not successful, Racing won 1-0 thanks to a goal from its defender Kevin Danse. Sang and gold are ahead of a point the PSG and Marseille who play Saturday.

Le Monde with AFP

Difficult success but a deserved reward. The Racing Club of Lens took the reins of Ligue 1, thanks to a difficult victory over Troyes (1-0), Friday September 9, at the opening of the 7 e day.

Undefeated since fifteen games (counting last season), the Sang and Gold ensured the essentials against catchy Trojans. With 17 points on the clock (five victories, two draws), Racing is settling in the champion leader’s chair at least for a few hours, with a step ahead of Paris-Saint-Germain and Marseille, who face respectively Brest and Lille on Saturday.

In a closed and boiling bollaert stadium, the Lensois quickly took control of operations and confiscated the ball. Logically, they were created the first opportunity: on a center of Facundo Medina, Loïs Openda placed a volley which crashed on the post (6 ^{e ).}

Gradit injury

Then the Lensois will claim a penalty after a rough contact between Erik Palmer-Brown and Jonathan Gradit (10 e ). Poorly fell on his right shoulder, the Artesian defender had to give way in the process. He suffers from a clavicle fracture, said his coach Franck Haise.

said after the match.

Lens continued its domination which has long proven to be sterile in the face of Champenois well in place and solid. Finally, it is on a kick that the RCL unlocked the situation: on a free kick from Frankowski, Dance defeated the marking to open the scoring of the head (1-0, 39 ^{e ).}

The Estac reacted timidly with two attempts in the Lensoise surface after a center of Yasser Larouci (41 ^{e ), but the premises quickly responded with an uncribed shot from Jimmy Cabot ( 43 e ).}

After half-time, the Sang et Or continued on their momentum, like this shot from Seko Fofana, who came back from the locker room, who was narrowly deflected by a Trojan defender (56 ^{E ). Then Florian Sotoca found the transversal of the head (69 e ), before his volley resumption borders on the post (79 e ).}

But Troyes was dangerous against: after an oriented control, Mama Baldé has set a powerful strike that Brice Samba captured in two stages (59 e ), then he missed the Framework (81 e

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“Pleasant to look at the classification”

Finally, Lens managed to keep his goal in advance to win a victory which allows him to appear, at least temporarily, at the top of the championship, to the delight of his noisy supporters.

“It’s a nice symbol but we will do more, tempered Franck Haise. It will be pleasant to watch the ranking tomorrow [Saturday] morning, but it will be necessary to do quickly because it could move with the matches on Saturday . “

The Estac, which remained on two successes and a draw, was maintained in the middle of the classification (11 ^e with 7 points), with a touch of regrets. “I know we are in Lens, with a beautiful audience, I know that the RC Lens is first this evening, said Bruno Irles, the Trojan coach. But I am convinced that there was the potential, in my team , with my players, to do better. We should have been more authoritarian in the first period. “