Lens beats wasteful Marseille to go second
08 Seko FOFANA (rcl) - 06 Matteo GUENDOUZI (om) during the Ligue 1 Uber Eats match between Marseille and Lens at Orange Velodrome on October 22, 2022 in Marseille, France.Lens have punished Marseille for their wasteful finishing, winning 1-0 with a deflected late shot to move up to second place in the French league.
With Marseille well on top at Stade Velodrome and Lens pinned back, midfielder Matteo Guendouzi found himself in a scoring position inside the right of the penalty area. But he took one touch too many and wasted a good chance.
Soon after, the visitors broke up the field and the ball reached midfielder David Pereira da Costa, whose shot clipped the leg of defender Leonardo Balerdi and looped over goalkeeper Pau Lopez in the 78th minute.
Lens moved one point above Lorient into se...