RC Lens – Monaco: believe in it until the end
For its last match of the season, RC Lens can afford the right to dream of Europe if it overcomes AS Monaco. The mission promises to be complicated, but with this team, nothing is impossible. Find the latest information before this clash at the top.
Last European hopes
The fate of Racing Club de Lens will be decided in 90 minutes, or a little more if you like. After an already more than successful season, during which Lens will have been in the first part of the table from start to finish, the opportunity to finish in style presents itself. The challenge is sure to be met, since Racing will face the scarecrow of this end of the championship: AS Monaco. Undefeated since mid-March, Philippe Clément’s men have just won nine out of the last nine games, a record that could be scary
Presentation of this RC Lens – Monaco
A classic starting XI?
For the last composition of the season, Franck Haise should not really innovate. Winner in Reims then in Troyes with the same team, RC Lens seems to have found its most efficient starting lineup. Another clue, the group has not moved an inch since last Saturday, since Jean-Louis Leca and Gaël Kakuta are still in the infirmary. Opposite, Philippe Clément will be able to count on all his vital forces, in particular Wissam Ben Yedder, to be watched like milk on the fire with his twenty-four but registered in the league this season. The French international had also done very badly to Racing last January in the Coupe de France, planting two goals.
The probable compositions
The number : 20
RC Lens gleaned twenty points after conceding the opener in Ligue 1 this season (five wins, five draws and eight defeats), only Paris does better (twenty-two).
The numbers to know
Franck Haise: “We have to play the best game possible”
“The experience for most is much greater than a year ago, with one more season, with the management of certain matches which proved that they have advanced on the mental aspects of a match. I think we have made progress. The match will be different, because last year, by winning it, we qualified. This year, having 61 points already, which would normally be equivalent to European qualification, we do not have our destiny in our hands. We have to make the best match possible, try to win it. The rest, we’ll see. »
The interview with Franck Haise
Inspired in part by the first leg
Failed in the first period at Louis II, RC Lens had to wait for the start of the second act to crack ASM on a very good overflow of Ganago, well served by Clauss. The Cameroonian goes on goal and deceives Nubel. And even if Cheick Doucouré will be expelled for a nasty insole on Diatta after the hour mark, Racing will hold on. Even better than that, Franck Haise’s men will provoke the expulsion of Golovin in the money-time, before doubling the bet by Simon Banza after extra time (0-2).
Summary of Monaco – RC Lens