After a capital victory synonymous with recovery against AS Saint-Etienne last week (1-0), the Racing Club of Lens hopes to start a series. For this, the Sang et Or will have to make their superiority speak against the Stade de Reims, this Friday evening (kick -off at 8:45 p.m.).
A match that will have a special flavor for Will Still, since the Lens coach faces the club that propelled him into the light. “” It was a club that made it possible to get started. There are a lot of good people in this club. It is a team that is super well organized and structured over the past few weeks, which poses a lot of difficulties to their opponents. They beat Marseille, they won in the cup and were unfairly beaten in Strasbourg. They find an interesting state of format for them. I hope they will be able to maintain themselves, but there will be no gift from us. It is the logic of football too. You just have to try to win this match. We will try to do it. »»
Will Still, RC Lens coach.
With which starting eleven? Once again, Still will address a meeting with a diminished workforce. Rémy Labeau-Lascary, Martin Satriano, Jhoanner Chavez, Ruben Aguilar and Denis Petric are packages for this match, while Neil El Aynaoui is suspended.
Lens-Reims: Nzola back in the group
Lens should appear in a 3-4-3 system with Diouf alongside Thomasson in the midfield, while the Aguilar and Machado pistons are expected on the sides. The surprise concerns the return to the Nzola group, which had been punished for a delay. Can the center-center be established? It seems unlikely.
Said is expected to point alongside Sotoca and Koyalipou. Finally, the defense at three could be made up of Sarr, Juma Bah and Medina, despite the return of Gradit. Ryan will hold his place in the goals.
The expected composition for Lens: Ryan – Sarr, Juma Bah, Medina – Aguilar, Thomasson, Diouf, Machado – Sotoca, Said, Koyalipou.
