This Sunday, Lens imposed the first defeat of the season against Paris Saint-Germain, confirming its status as a ‘sensation’ team in the French Football League with a 3-1 victory, in the match of the 17th round.
After the defeat of Benfica in Braga, on Friday, in a game of the 14th round of the Portuguese 1st football league, PSG entered the field as the only invincible European team in 2022/23, but left Lens with a resounding defeat against his ‘vice’ in Ligue 1, which reduced the difference with the leader to four points.
With Danilo in the starting eleven -the Portuguese international returned to the competition today after breaking his ribs at the end of November, in a Portugal training session during the 2022 World Cup-, Vitinha on the bench, and still without Lionel Messi, the Parisians started wrong. , conceding a goal after five minutes.
Frankowski put the team ahead of the ‘sensation’ of the French championship, but just three minutes later, Ekitiké equalized, momentarily restarting the game.
However, Lens, winner of the eight home games played so far in Ligue 1, were not willing to give up their immaculate record: a long pass from Fofana isolated Loïs Openda, who “sat down” Marquinhos to make the 2-1, result scored at halftime.
The ‘runner-up’ of the French championship ‘dressed up’ and, as a result of a great performance, extended the advantage on the scoreboard, through Alexis Claude-Maurice, two minutes after returning from the locker room.
PSG, without the ‘punished’ Neymar and without the injured Nuno Mendes, could not counteract the superiority of the local team, ‘forcing’ Christophe Galtier to change teams -the coach launched former Sporting Pablo Sarabia (he replaced Danilo) and Vitinha in the game at 58 minutes, without success.
The score would remain unchanged until the final whistle, with Lens, who today could not count on the Portuguese David Costa due to injury, adding the ninth home victory in as many games to add 40 points, relaunching the fight for the title in France. .
Source: TSF
