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Lens Secures Narrow Victory at Home Against Depleted Strasbourg
Lens, France – In a hard-fought match at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens edged out Strasbourg by the narrowest of margins in a game defined by intensity and cards. Lens dominated possession with 55%, although both teams committed 13 fouls.
The first half was goalless, but saw yellow cards for Lens’ Card and Strasbourg’s El Mourabet early on. Tension continued in the second half, where I. Ganiou’s goal in the 69th minute, assisted by M. Udol, tilted the score in favor of Lens.
Strasbourg, who only managed one shot on target from seven attempts, saw their hopes dwindle with V. Barco’s red card in the 77th minute. Despite this, Lens was not immune to the referee’s discipline, suffering the expulsion of M. Guilavogui in the 90th minute, leaving both teams with ten men on the field at the end of the match. Lens had 13 shots, 5 of which were on target, and despite their 3 missed shots, they took all three points at home.
Substitutions strasbourg: at minute 46 L. Hogsberg came in and A. Omobamidele went out., at minute 61 F. Lemarechal came in and J. Enciso went out., at minute 61 S. El Mourabet came in and M. Amougou went out., at minute 85 D. Moreira came in and R. Nzingoula went out., at minute 90 G. Doue came in and S. Amo-Ameyaw went out.
Substitutions lens: at minute 75 W. Said came in and M. Guilavogui went out., at minute 75 F. Thauvin came in and A. Sima went out., at minute 85 O. Edouard came in and F. Sotoca went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Lens
Strasbourg
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