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Lens lose again ahead of Champions League date

From Jamaica Observer · () English

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  • Lens lost 1-0 at home to Lorient after Mamadou Kone scored his first Ligue 1 goal in the 54th minute.
  • The defeat followed Lens's loss at Strasbourg and came before its Champions League trip to Slavia Prague.
  • Lens reached last season's Ligue 1 runner-up spot and won the French Cup, while champions Paris Saint-Germain remain without a league win this season.

Lens's difficult start to the new season took another turn for the worse on Saturday, when Lorient won 1-0 at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis.

Mamadou Kone scored his first Ligue 1 goal in the 54th minute, pouncing on a loose ball for the only goal of the match. Lens, last season's runners-up, showed little fight against an abrasive Lorient side.

The defeat was Lens's second in a row after its loss at Strasbourg. That run has quickly changed the mood around a team that began brightly under new coach Dino Toppmoeller, beating Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions' Trophy before opening its league campaign with a 5-2 victory over Auxerre.

Lens now travels to Slavia Prague for a Champions League match on Thursday. The club sold several key players and lost its coach during the close season. Last season, Lens led Ligue 1 for much of the campaign before finishing six points behind PSG and winning the French Cup.

Monaco lead Ligue 1 after a 2-1 win at PSG on Friday, leaving the champions without a league victory so far. Le Havre were due to play Brest, while Nice were scheduled to host Le Mans later on Saturday.

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