Lens, the shattering announcement

RC Lens created the feat on Tuesday for the great return of the Champions League to Bollaert. Already to its advantage, a fortnight earlier, on the pitch of Sevilla FC, from where the French champions had returned with the point of the draw (1-1), the Artesian club signed one of the finest performances of its history by offering itself the scalp of Arsenal, the scarecrow of the group.

The evening started badly for the Sang et Or, cooled by Gabriel Jesus from the 12th^e minute of play after a restart error by Adrien Thomasson. But the Lensois did not lower their heads and as a symbol, it was the former Strasbourg resident who offered the equalizer around ten minutes later with a marvelous half-volley after an equally spectacular service by Elye Wahi. The best was yet to come for the young striker since on the hour mark, he would offer victory to his team with an unstoppable effort in the heart of the area.

Logically elected man of the match, the former Montpellier player did not shy away from his pleasure at the end of the meeting. “Hearing the fans screaming, seeing them happy, that’s all I wanted. And I am happy today. I had the chills. I am very happy and I hope that we will continue this momentum because we had a great match, he enjoyed at the microphone of Cana+ Foot. It’s a beautiful evening, I hope to experience more. It’s crazy, as they say. »

And to his joy, the young striker was resolutely optimistic for the future. “Since the match in Seville, we had the click and our season has been launched since that match. No one can stop us,” he actually told RMC Sport.

Brice Samba wanted to be more measured, refusing to get excited while Lens leads the group with four points on the clock after two days. “There are still four games left, we’ll see. We have four points, we don’t worry about the others, we take it game by game. We try to be a difficult team to beat. Few people saw us do what we did tonight.”he whispered.