Supporters singing in a stadium behind closed doors… Scenes that have been forgotten for several months.
But not at the Red Star, certainly the only stadium where you can see that in France ... About fifty supporters were seated in the second period behind the cage on the mound at the foot of the building overlooking the Bauer stadium.
They were able to celebrate the feat of the Red Star players who eliminated Lens, 5th club in L1 (3-2).
When they arrived around 12:30 p.m., the Red Star players were greeted by chants from 300 supporters and the smoke of green smoke.
“A beautiful moment of communion”, as President Patrice Haddad sums it up.
The party continued on the field and it was beautiful.
What you must remember
A winning finish for the Red Star who knocked down Lens in the last ten minutes.
Before the two matches next week (Sète, Créteil), Vincent Bordot had chosen to line up his typical team apart from Paul Charruau and Sébastien Daillet, left on the bench.
The resident of National (6th but with 4 games behind) entered the game better than Lens.
After the magnificent strike from Benjamin Gomel repulsed by Farinez as she took the path to the skylight (19th), Papa Meissa Ba opened the scoring on a service from the same Gomel (1-0, 19th).
Arrived from Troyes (11 games, 2 goals in L2) in early February, the Senegalese striker scored his second goal with the Red Star after the one against Créteil in the 8th round (2-1).
But the Lensois, after an alert from the young Pereira Da Costa who fails to recover after having erased Raphaël Adiceam (26th), returns thanks to a header from the Argentinian Medina on a corner (1-1, 29th).
The northerner team passes in front just after half-time on a strike from Doucouré in the top corner (1-2, 49th).
But the Red Star has not let go.
On his first ball, Diego Michel equalizes on a corner badly repelled by Farinez (2-2, 82nd) then another entrant, Alan Dzabana, offers the feat to the National players (3-2, 90th).
The player: Benjamin Gomel
For his reunion with Lens, his training club where he had signed pro in 2018 and which he left in September, Benjamin Gomel, did not call himself "revenge".
But the right winger of the Red Star who was trained by Franck Haise and trained with Doucouré and Boura (tenured in the eleven Lensois) was necessarily particularly motivated.
Very active and generous, the Red Star striker was the most dangerous.
Decisive passer on the goal of Ba, he sent two big strikes (19th, 33rd) where Farinez, the captain of the selection of Venezuela, was decisive.
In the second half, he still moved a lot
The number: 6
It had been six years since the Red Star had reached the knockout stages of the Coupe de France.
In 2014-2015, he was eliminated against Saint-Etienne (2-1) on February 2, 2015 at the Jean-Bouin stadium, under the eyes of the then President of the Republic François Hollande.
MATCH SHEET
Half-time: 1-1.
Referee:
Mr. Abed.
Goals.
Red Star: Ba (21st), Michel (82nd), Dzabana;
Lens: Medina (29th), Doucouré (49th).
Red Star:
Adiceam - Sivis (Doremus, 77th), Labor (cap.), Karamoko, Ghaoui - Koukou (M. Ndoye, 77th), Ch. Ndoye, Roye - Gomel (Dzabana, 77th), Ba (Michel, 82nd) , Durand (Akassou, 67th) Entr.
: Bordot.
Lens:
Farinez - Michelin, Badé, Fortes, Médina - Boura (Haidara, 73rd), Doucouré, Fofana (cap.), Pereira Da Costa (Mauricio, 73rd) - Banza (Kalimuendo, 78th), Jean (Sotoca, 78th).
Entr.
: Haise.
