Ligue 1 – 35th day | Lens – Reims I Seko Fofana, a unique guide

If Lens is well established in second place in L1 with a provisional five-point lead over Olympique de Marseille, Seko Fofana is clearly no stranger to it. This place even bears its seal as the Ivorian international has once again been able to sublimate himself in the overcoming of function. Last weekend, Fofana had already managed to get out of his box with a superb shot to show the way for his team against OM. As a true guide he is. And less than a week later, he did it again.

While Lens was at 10, the captain of the Sang et Or delivered his team by recovering the ball 25 meters from the Reims goal before getting rid of two defenders and adjusting Yehvann Diouf with a cross shot (55th). A treat, which allowed Lens to chain a new success after that against OM. “This match was more important, estimated the hero of the evening on Amazon Prime. We knew it was going to be difficult. We had seen that they were not far from Marseilles. But we were able to respond present in the trials. We show the strength of the group.”

As always, Seko Fofana does not pull the cover to him. As a good captain. As a good leader. After recalling last week that he has this rare ability of great players to make a difference in shocks, he once again illustrated his unique and crucial impact on this great Lens team. Because if he silences some critics who pointed the finger at his lack of efficiency in front of goal this season and now has six goals in L1 during this exercise, he obviously was not satisfied with this achievement.

If he had a little waste, Fofana struggled as always to multiply recoveries and try to cover the spaces left by the expulsion of Danso. An essential activity in a formation forced to do more in numerical inferiority. “The team showed strength of character. We were focused on the field. We knew we still had to do more than them. We are proud of this achievementite”, he launches again.

And if the Lensoise success is obviously collective as he likes to point out, there is still this impression that these Blood and Gold who spin towards a direct qualification for the Champions League have a unique engine within his midfield. And that thanks to him, nothing is impossible. As the last two games have once again illustrated.