Lens “had the opportunities” to take cover with a third goal in the second half, but “we were unable to score it, and we remained at the mercy until the end”, underlined the Lensois coach Franck Haise. “If I just have one regret, it’s that we had three chances to score the third goal, we talked about it at the break, we had to score it,” said Franck Haise.
“I regret our few outings in the second half of not having looked for this third goal. I suspected that we would suffer for a while. We had the chances, we didn’t know how to score it, and we remained at the mercy until the end,” added Haise. Entering the game at the end of the match, Angelo Fulgini had an opportunity to kill all the suspense, but after his festival in the heart of the Friborg defense, his crushed shot missed the target by a few centimeters.
Morgan Guilavogui also had the opportunity to score this famous third goal, but he came up against the Friborg goalkeeper, Noah Atubolu, who came out on the edge of his area. “The first feeling is a deep disappointment. But when you’ve been doing this job for a long time, you know that you sometimes have the chance to experience exceptional moments and more painful moments. We have to take responsibility for them both,” Haise said.
Lens’ European adventure, marked by an exploit at Bollaert against Arsenal, thus ends. “When it ends, there is always bitterness, even more so with the scenario. We grew, we gained experience, we took hits too. It’s part of the sport. Disappointment prevails, but in a few days, weeks, even a few months, the experience of these eight matches will serve us all in a positive way,” concluded the Lensois technician.
