For their return to the competition in front of their home crowd after 21 years of absence, the Sang et Or delivered a very solid performance on Tuesday to win against the English (2-1), big favorites in Group B.
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It’s a magical night, the one that all Lensois supporters had dreamed of during the draw for the group stage of the Champions League this summer. In a sold-out Bollaert-Delélis stadium, facing an Arsenal team previously undefeated since the start of the season, the Sang et Or wrote, on Tuesday October 3, one of the most beautiful pages in their European history by winning against the English (2-1).
Faulty on the Gunners’ opener by Gabriel Jesus (0-1, 14th), Adrien Thomasson made up for it perfectly with a sublime goal ten minutes later (1-1, 24th). Returning from the locker room, Brice Samba kept his team in the match with two big saves (48th, 66th), before Elye Wahi came to give the locals the advantage (2-1, 69th) and materialize a rise in power of Franck Haise’s men at the end of the second period. A deserved and controlled success, which will not only redistribute the cards in this group B but will undoubtedly increase the ambitions of the French vice-champions. Lens is provisionally in the lead after the draw between PSV Eindhoven and Sevilla (2-2).