Lens, April 3, 2011. Match counting for the 29th day of the Ligue 1 football championship between RC Lens (RCL) and Olympique de Marseille (OM) at the FŽlix Bollaert stadium.

Here a fumig does not in the stand of the Lensois supporters.

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M.Libert / 20 Minutes

  • The first North derby since 2015 between Lille and Lens will really not be a match like the others.

    Limited to 1,000 spectators due to the health crisis, the Pierre-Mauroy stadium will ring hollow.

  • Suddenly, supporters of both camps are organizing to encourage their team as much as possible before the match.

A flag hoisted on the enemy's ground, banners deployed on motorway bridges, incessant chambering on social networks ... A few days before the derby, Lille and Lensois supporters are competing in their imagination to prepare for a match that the vast majority will not see.

Limited to 1,000 spectators due to the health crisis, the Pierre-Mauroy stadium will necessarily ring hollow on Sunday evening.

A new frustration in a year which does not lack for the fans of the two clubs.

“We would have preferred to experience this in a full stadium with a full visitor park and a real party.

But hey, we could not celebrate the rise in Ligue 1 or our first game of the season in Bollaert against PSG either.

We are happy with what we have.

There is an element of fatality but everything is linked to a particular context and we cannot do much, ”summarizes Norman Noisette, president of the Lens United federation, which brings together all the groups of Lensois supporters.

The Lensois want to encourage their team to the Pierre-Mauroy stadium

But rather than hang out and wait at home for the match time on TV, the Blood and Gold fans had the idea to turn up the sauce before the match.

In order to motivate the players for this first derby in the North since 2015, the Lensois have decided to encourage their team from its departure from Louvre-Lens to the Pierre-Mauroy stadium.

"Forty kilometers of madness" during which fans are asked to display the colors of RC Lens and sing as the bus passes on the course.

“We want to mark the occasion so that the team knows that there is a whole region behind it.

We want as much color as possible in the towns we cross, ”explains Norman Noisette.

Lille will launch smoke bombs around the stadium before the match

If the Lensois were the first to draw before the derby, the Lille supporters are in the process of mobilizing.

The DVE, the largest group of supporters in Losc, are preparing the response.

Players should be encouraged on Friday leaving Luchin Estate after the last practice of the week is over.

Above all, on Sunday, smoke bombs and songs of encouragement should be deployed around the Pierre-Mauroy stadium when the team arrives.

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“Everything will be done while respecting barrier gestures and respecting the spirit of the derby.

You don't need a bad spirit.

People want this kind of thing.

", Assures Julien, administrator of the Facebook page" Red seats for the Pierre-Mauroy stadium ".

The intentions are there, all that remains is to make them concrete, which will not necessarily be the easiest.

In view of the health context, the prefecture could prohibit this kind of initiative before a derby which will already be like no other.

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