Lens (AFP)

Lens detonates at the start of the season: the promoted disposed of Paris SG at home (1-0), before confirming in Lorient three days later (3-2).

But does the RCL have the weapons to last and live a serene season?

Lens, which receives Bordeaux on Saturday (3:00 p.m.) on behalf of the 4th day of Ligue 1, comes out of an intense and happy week.

In less than 72 hours, the Sang et Or have pocketed 6 points.

Against the triple champion of France and Lorient, a direct competitor for the maintenance, the objective of the artesian club.

What partly to hide the "regrets" of the inaugural defeat in Nice (2-1).

"We had dominated and we came out with a zero point," plague striker Florian Sotoca to AFP.

The Lensois had cracked on a personal exploit of the promising Amine Gouiri, then on a defensive error of the Argentinian central defender Facundo Medina.

Ligue 1 does not forgive.

Racing learned it the hard way and seems to quickly learn lessons.

Against Paris, the artesian defensive block has closed any space.

In Lorient, led 1-0 but dominating, the promoted did not panic to equalize then pass in front.

With the added bonus of a sumptuous acrobatic return from Medina.

"The score must be different at the end," regrets coach Franck Haise, however, who would have liked a larger victory.

"We have scored five goals since the start of the season but it could be more, we are creating a lot of chances," he said.

A lack of realism which appears to be a point for improvement.

Especially since Saturday (5:00 p.m.), its players receive Bordeaux, which has not yet conceded a single goal (a 2-0 victory against Angers, two draws 0-0 against Nantes and Lyon).

- "Great state of mind" -

Besides, there are many satisfactions before this reception.

The Sang et Or already offer some certainties at the start of the championship.

If they consolidate, they could lead Racing on the path of serene maintenance.

The homogeneity of the group is one of them.

"Despite five changes in the eleven against Lorient, we did not see the difference from previous meetings," said Florian Sotoca.

Substitute against PSG, he seized his chance at the Merlus by delivering two assists.

"As long as we have this mindset, I don't worry."

For now, it is a question of maintaining a "confidence", legitimate after two successes in a row, but which should not turn into "sufficiency".

"We approached the two previous matches with fear, and it is thanks to this that we were able to obtain two good results. I hope that we will always have this fear before the matches," Florian told AFP Sotoca.

“We still have a long way to go to maintain ourselves,” tempers the former Grenoblois.

It will also be necessary to maintain the same degree of requirement in a match, with constant pressure and quality direct play.

"We are good physically, but it is also because of certain benchmarks that the players have in terms of organization and play," said Franck Haise.

State of mind, organization, pressing and play, so many promises that require confirmation.

Doubt can arise at any time, as confidence slowly builds.

Lens therefore wants to surf as long as possible on the one he has already stored.

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