I have read that it can hold 18,185 people.Lens can be considered Lille's main rival.They are région rivals.
Thanks a lot Douai! I appreciate it. I may have some more questions at some point, but I am trying to learn as much as possible. I look forward to their match with Lens this weekend on Setanta.
I thought Lille and PSG were big rivals too. I believe Lille is just outside of Paris, in the suburbs. I could be wrong.
Allez, you're the official Lille apologist . Sure, a tie with Barça would draw a full house but it's not as if they have one every week. Just 6,000 fans and they have their yearly average. Perhaps a new stadium and continued success will tip the regional balance of power in their favor. And perhaps that stadium will actually get built!
No. PSG had a rivalry with Racing Paris back when they both were in the top division. It wasnt an intense and fierce rivalry but still one nonetheless.
I keep checking Lille websites to see when they are actually gonna start building it and all I ever see are no new news, delay, no new news, delay, delay, no new news, delay, etc etc et. This stadium issue thing it seems has been pushed back and delayed for over 5 years now running.
Today's Line-up: T. Sylva M. Chalmé N. Plestan R. Schmitz G. Tafforeau A. Keita S. Dumont M. Bodmer J. Makoun M. Bastos O. OdemwingieBut
Lens is down a player: "35' cartonrouge Quelques minutes après avoir été averti une première fois, Sidi Keita écope d'un second avertissement pour une faute à retardement sur Mathieu Bodmer. L'ancien Strasbourgeois est donc inévitablement expulsé." TV5: http://tv5.org/TV5Site/football/direct.php?id=25923&mode=comment
57' BBBUUUTTTT de Peter Odemwingie !!! Keita échappe une nouvelle fois à la défense côté droit ! Il s'enfonce dans la surface et sert le Nigérian qui n'a plus qu'à ouvrir son pied ! Eurosport.fr http://www.eurosport.fr/football/ligue-1/2006-2007/livefullpage_mtc143245.shtml
Quite a soft yellow, particularly for a player already on one. Lamentable. That said, Lille look the hungrier team today while Lens look very tentative. Perhaps Lens could have mounted a comeback on the two goal deficit with 11on the field the second half but I'm not convinced it would have happened. Good to the see the "Non au LOSC à Bollaert" sign prominently displayed for the cameras in the Lens section.
France Bleu Nord has the match live: http://www.mikesradioworld.com/eu_fr.html "67' BBBUUUTTTT de Peter Odemwingie !!! Encore Kader Keita qui adresse un centre parfait pour le Nigérian qui s'offre un triplé !" Eurosport.fr
Odemwingie again in the 67th minute. It's beyond embarrasing now. Someone please shot Ramos on the left hand side of Lens' defense, Keita skinned him all day long.
Current stats box: Lille - Lens 51 Possession 49 3 Buts 0 8 Tirs 5 6 Tirs cadrés 1 46 Têtes 46 1 Arrêts 2 1 Sorties du gardien 1 3 Corners 1 14 Fautes commises 9 3 Hors-jeu 0 1 Cartons jaunes 2 0 Cartons rouges 1 57 Ballons perdus 72 33 Duels gagnés 26 3 Interceptions 10 0 Passes en profondeur 0 187 Passes courtes 207 4 Dernières passes 1 4 Centres réussis 0 Eurosport.fr
Substitutions used so far: Key: <----- Out -------> In Lens: <----F. Jussiê --->G. Vignal 71’ <----A. Dindane ----->R. Boukari 46’ <----O. Thomert ----->J. Lacourt 46 Lille: <-----A. Keita ---->S. Lichtsteiner 69’
Setanta broadband has the game on live. Setanta BB is also going to show the Rennes-Marseille game later.
C'EST FINI! Final Stats Lille - Lens 53 Possession 47 4 Buts 0 13 Tirs 5 8 Tirs cadrés 1 62 Têtes 59 1 Arrêts 3 2 Sorties du gardien 1 6 Corners 3 19 Fautes commises 12 4 Hors-jeu 1 2 Cartons jaunes 3 0 Cartons rouges 1 78 Ballons perdus 91 44 Duels gagnés 36 5 Interceptions 12 0 Passes en profondeur 0 306 Passes courtes 270 8 Dernières passes 2 6 Centres réussis 0 Lille's Final Subs: <-----M. Bodmer ---->N. Fauvergue 83’ <-----O. OdemwingieBut ----->S. Youla 77’ Avertissements (warnings/Carton jaune): Lille M. Bastos 90’ M. Bodmer 54’ Lens M. Ramos 43’ S. Keita 31’, 35’ D. Cousin 90’ Expulsions (Carton rouge) S. Keita 35’ (Lens) Source: http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/football/direct.php?id=25923 et Eurosport.fr
Fantastic result for Lille yesterday! I recorded the match on my DVR and watched it last night. LOSC looked impressive. I look forward to the PSG match this Saturday. Let's make it three wins out of three!!