Berliner Tageblatt - Lens lose again ahead of Champions League date

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Lens lose again ahead of Champions League date / Photo: © AFP

Lens lose again ahead of Champions League date

SPORTS 05.09.2026

Lens's difficult start to the new season continued on Saturday as Mamadou Kone scored his first Ligue 1 goal to give Lorient a 1-0 win at last season's runners-up.

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After Lens sold several key players and lost their coach in the close season, new boss Dino Toppmoeller started brightly by beating Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions' Trophy and then opening the Ligue 1 campaign with a 5-2 win over Auxerre.

But that was followed by a defeat at Strasbourg and now this second consecutive reverse.

Kone pounced on a loose ball on 54 minutes to score the only goal of the game.

Ahead of their trip to Slavia Prague for a Champions League game on Thursday, Lens showed little fight against an abrasive Lorient.

Le Havre play Brest while Nice host Le Mans later Saturday.

Monaco top Ligue 1 after snatching a 2-1 win at PSG on Friday, leaving the champions winless so far.

Lens led Ligue 1 for much of last season before finishing just six points behind PSG and winning the French Cup.

F.Müller--BTB

Berliner Tageblatt - Lens lose again ahead of Champions League date

Lens lose again ahead of Champions League date

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