But that’s aside for a few minutes. The Reims staff seems hesitant about which player to bring out, perhaps due to the physical condition of some.
The Lensois piston was again found on the surface. But when it came time to strike, Chavez missed the ball from close range.
It was a 2-1 ball again! Chavez is launched deep, the Reims defense is taken, and he manages to move Gilavogui into the area. The Lensois striker fails to finish and Abdelhamid touches the ball to turn it for a corner. However the referee awards a goal kick.
The lens fails to properly eliminate the hazard. Throw-in to Reims at Lensois camp.
Khadra and Diakite are replaced by Nakamura and Richardson.
From outside the area, it is on target but is captured by Samba.
Entrances to Guilavogui, Sotoca and El Aynaoui.
IT GRAVES The post! On a nice deflection from Thomson, Fulgini found himself face-to-face with Diouf. He decides to cross his shot, which misses the goal by a few centimeters…
The Argentine makes a poor move on Eto’o, a bit of a harsh card but Medina may be paying for his reputation as well.
Started by Ito after his recovery from Haute Rémois, the Ivorian striker faces Samba. He opens his foot and wrong-foots the Lensois goalkeeper, but misses the target by a few centimeters. It was a 2-1 ball and a double for Diakite!
Reams side does not fit! Fortunately for Lens, and for Chavez, who were completely taken by Fouquet’s call.
The Lensois striker found the back of the Reims defense with a superb ground pass. But Agbadou comes back well to prevent Said from hitting.
Referee Lensois makes it clear to the defender that his opposition must stop. Lance is struggling to recover from the decision not to red card Okumu.
Massive commotion in Reims area lasting 20 seconds. He ends up with a corner for Lans, but Sang et Or asks for a hand and a penalty. The referee communicates with his VAR assistants, but it is the chest of a Rams defender that pushes the ball away.
A surprising decision. Red seemed logical, Reams is doing pretty well, so Okumu just takes yellow.
He risks being red carded.
A Reims defender grabs the ankle of a Lensois defender in a poorly controlled tackle. As Frankovski is being treated, the referee will look at images to decide on a possible red card.
Munetsi will get a good foul after a big fight near the lens surface.
Reims starts the second half.
He has 5 goals in Ligue 1. This is more than Sotoka (4) and Wahi (3), while Frank Hyes starts the side much less.
We had to wait for more than 40 minutes to see the first shot on target.
1-1 between Ramois and Lensois. After 40 frankly gloomy minutes, Reims opened the scoring thanks to Diakite. Five minutes later, in added time, Said responded with a header.
Fortunately, Diouf was alert and came to clear it at the last minute.
Lance responded quickly! Frankovski crosses without overflowing and elegantly finds Wesley Said alone, who finishes with a certain header. It’s 1-1, Lens will only trail for five minutes.
Denso lost the ball in a very dangerous position. Diakite immediately tries to throw off Ito, but Khusanov comes back at the last minute to prevent the Japanese from running head-on.
Especially because of the stoppage for a few minutes when Lensois supporters sent smoke bombs onto the pitch.
We will probably see another match from now on, with Lensois having to declare himself and offer something other than bland in the first 40 minutes.
Finally something is happening! Served to his right, Eto’o launches in an outside dribble to cross at ground level. Diakite passes perfectly in front of the Lensois defenders to distract him with his feet and deceive Samba. 1-0 to Reims!
Sang et or. A slight wobble between the rims can cause the lens to suffer due to extreme pressure.
Reims have a good chance, with Lensois losing the ball on the restart. But Ito is confronted by Medina when he finds Diakite.
It is on 18 balls. The epitome of this match for the off moment and let’s call it boring.
A smoke bomb goes off in the Lensois parking lot. The game can resume.
The reason was smoke bombs and fireworks from Lensois supporters. Some ended up on the field.
Sang et Or supporters are celebrating the anniversary of one of their group.
First of the match. In a close match like this, a set piece can help break the deadlock.
But it comes back to Mandy, who covers well.
Frankovski on Munetsi then Thomson on Tuma. Not cardboard but it might deserve it.
No one found after his cross but it was a good move.
Thomson took a while to get back up but is fine now. Le Ramois received a card for his involuntary error which could have been dangerous.
Ramois made a mistake by slipping after slipping on the ball. But in his fall, he faces Thomson hard. It should still be good for Lensois.
This is the first warning of the meeting. The defender came to kill Akime. Lensois called for a foul on Fulgini earlier in the action, but it wasn’t to be.
At 30 meters, a Reims attacker tries his luck. It is screwless and goes on a stand, but the rims settle into the lens half of the field.
Lensois continues to sing and sets the mood. The Reims supporters timidly try to whistle at the opposing supporters but despite the numerical superiority, we can still hear Lensois.
Will Still’s men manage to get some foot on the ball. Ito manages to cross, but he does nothing.
But the scare was short-lived, Said, who was found deep by Thomson, was well offside.
Neither Lensois nor Ramois are able to develop their game at the moment. Both teams try to jump into the middle to find their attackers, without success.
But both teams defended well. Forced to extend the rims to Diakit, it is too deep and the lens recovers.
This week, Stade de Reims briefly blocked ticket sales to avoid seeing a packed stadium with Lensois, but that didn’t stop the loud crowd.
The kick-off is given by RC Lens, who have a great chance to play in the standings today.
A chance to recall formations, with 8 changes on the lens side compared to the midweek match.
Composition of Reams: Diouf – Foket, Okumu, Abdelhamid, Agbadou, Akieme – Teuma, Munetsi – Ito, Khadra, Diakité.
Composition of Lenses: Samba – Denso, Medina, Khusanov – Frankovski, Abdul Saheed, Mendy, Chavez – Fulgini, Thomson, Said.
Ahead of this evening’s Brest match against OM, Lensois can move back level with Lille, 3rd, and Monaco, 4th, after being beaten by Toulouse this afternoon. All just a tiny point behind Nice, 2nd, beaten on Friday. A boon for RC lenses.
Sang et Or conceded a 0-0 draw at Ballart and will need a result at the Friborg pitch to reach the knockout stages of the Europa League.
Sang et Or, for almost 25 years, is doing very well against Reims: 5 wins, 4 draws and no defeats.
Will still strengthens the defensive zone to receive the lens.
Composition of Reams: Diouf – Foket, Okumu, Abdelhamid, Agbadou, Akieme – Teuma, Munetsi – Ito, Khadra, Diakité.
Frank Heise has made 8 changes since the European match against Friborg. Wahi, Sotoka and Pereira da Costa, the midweek attacking trio, are on the bench. Ditto for Gradit, El Aynaoui, Haïdara and Aguilar. Diouf is absent from the match sheet.
Composition of Lenses: Samba – Denso, Medina, Khusanov – Frankovski, Abdul Saheed, Mendy, Chavez – Fulgini, Thomson, Said.
It is an important match between two teams who still have European hopes. Lens, who are five points ahead of Reims, could do well with the points dropped by Nice – and perhaps Monaco – this weekend, while looking forward to meeting Brest this evening. Reims, for its part, need the points to keep their hopes of winning Europe alive. Kick-off at 5:05pm at Auguste Delaune.
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