Lens stun Slavia Prague with stoppage-time Champions League comeback | OneFootball

Lens beat Slavia Prague 3-2 after trailing as second-half stoppage time began, a dramatic start to their Champions League campaign.

L'Équipe highlights the scale of the turnaround. It is the first time since 2013 that a side has won a Champions League match, excluding extra time, from that position, when Borussia Dortmund beat Malaga 3-2. A 13-year first.

This was the first time Lens have opened a Champions League campaign with a win in their four participations, after 2 draws and 1 defeat.

It also delivered only their second away victory in the competition, the first since beating Arsenal 1-0 at Wembley in November 1998, when Michaël Debève scored.

Lens have conceded in each of their last 14 Champions League matches, 27 in total. Among French clubs, only Marseille, 18 between March 2012 and October 2022, and Monaco, 23 between November 2016 and October 2024, have longer runs.

Florian Thauvin has been involved in six goals in all competitions this season, five goals and one assist, more than any other player at a French club.

Lens became the first team to start a Champions League match with three defenders born from 2005, Souleymane Sagnan, Ismaëlo Ganiou and Kyllian Antonio.

Abdallah Sima scored his fourth Champions League goal, three with Brest and one with Lens, more than any current Lens player. Since 2024-25 he is the joint top Senegalese scorer in the competition, level with Nicolas Jackson.

Source: L'Équipe

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