2023-10-04 10:55:43
If RC Lens’ victory against Arsenal in the Champions League is beyond discussion, the RC Lens players have abandoned their emblematic chant of recent seasons. Explanations.
It had become a gimmick in recent seasons, after each victory at home, and in a much more exceptional way away, the Lensois players gathered in front of the Marek stand to sing a song that has become emblematic of the Lensoise epic: “Olélé Olala, what happened? We messed with them!”
On January 1, for his 100th on the Lens bench and a convincing victory against PSG, it was even Franck Haise himself who launched the song in front of an ecstatic Marek stand.
After the return match, won this time by the Parisians at the Parc des Princes, it was Kimpembe who sang the anthem in front of his audience (and subsequently took a beating from the media).
The desire to move on and renew oneself
This Tuesday evening, after Lens’ brilliant victory against Arsenal for the return of the Champions League after 21 years of absence in Lens, we could imagine that all the ingredients were there for an explosion of joy in song. And yet, despite a clapping, and an exceptional atmosphere, no “quibble”, at least from the players. As explained by Jean Bommel on RMC on Tuesday evening, the RC Lens players stopped this song in the championship, because it was used a lot elsewhere and they wanted to renew themselves.
The complicated start to the Lensois season from an accounting point of view also did not give much opportunity to the Lensois players (two victories in seven matches, only one at home) to continue the tradition, just like the desire of Franck Haise to “move on” after the complicated start to the season and the departures of Openda and Fofana. It’s now up to Lensois to string together performances of this type to find a new gimmick.
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