Montpellier (AFP)
Lens reacted well by winning (2-1) Saturday in Montpellier during the 22nd day of Ligue 1 and can dream of a good end of the season.
The Héraultais are in full doubt, after a sixth defeat in eight matches.
The promoted showed a rare realism to materialize his first two strikes framed by midfielders Cheick Doucouré (7th) and Gaël Kakuta (67th) before the young Montpellier striker Elye Wahi closed the gap (78th) .
Lens takes 6th place in the championship at the expense of Marseille.
The promoted export is decidedly well.
Ten days after his brilliant coup at the Stade Vélodrome (1-0), he obtained his sixth away victory.
Montpellier (11th) does not get out of a long tunnel of doubt and missteps.
Michel Der Zakarian's team goes on to an eighth game without a win and moves a little further from its initial ambitions.
Handicapped by the absence of four indisputable holders: Téji Savanier, Jonas Omlin, Florent Mollet and Andy Delort, suspended or injured, the "Der Zak" team has never managed to impose its game despite the return of the omnipresent Jordan Ferri and a good end to the game.
Lens scored on his first chance.
Following a corner returned by the Hérault defense, midfielder Cheick Doucouré placed a strike from twenty meters low to the ground to deceive the young goalkeeper Dimitry Bertaud (7th).
More than twenty minutes from the end, the Lensois playmaker Gaël Kakuta in turn sent a strike with the right foot, deflected by Daniel Congré, into the top corner of Bertaud, which replaced Omlin.
Montpellier, he fell on the excellent goalkeeper Jean-Louis Leca.
The northerner captain repelled a strike and a header from Joris Chotard, then two free kicks from Junior Sambia (73rd, 76th).
Alone, the young striker Elye Wahi reduced the mark (78th) with a superb return, a reaction too late for Montpellier.
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