Lille, coached by the Portuguese Paulo Fonseca, beat Lens this Friday, 2-1, in the 27th round of the French League, and joined Monaco, who have one game less, in 3rd place in the league. proof.
After two consecutive draws, Lille, with young Portuguese defender Tiago Santos in the starting lineup, returned to winning ways with a brace from Kosovar Edon Zhegrova, who scored in the ninth and 60th minutes.
With Portuguese David Costa in the eleven, Lens was still reduced to 78 by Elye Wahi, but ended up registering the second consecutive defeat, and remains in sixth place, with 42 points, three more than Marseille, Benfica’s next opponents in the League Europe, which on Sunday faces leaders Paris Saint-Germain.
Paulo Fonseca’s team remains, in third place, equal on points (46) with Monaco, fourth, who on Saturday will play Metz, 13 points behind leader PSG, and one behind Brest, who is second. .