Lens edged out Brest, 3x2, on Sunday, on matchweek 1. Both Franck Haise's team and Michel Der Zakarian's team held their first game in the competition. Florian Sotoca made a great performance with 3 goals.
After 27 minutes, Florian Sotoca opened the scoring for Lens, with a right-foot strike inside the box. With 33 minutes on the clock, Lens's team saw forward miss a penalty.
After 62 minutes, Florian Sotoca scored the second goal for Franck Haise's team, from a corner, laid on by Przemyslaw Frankowski . With 65 minutes on the clock, Florian Sotoca completed the hat-trick, with a right-foot shot inside the penalty box, assisted by Seko Fofana. It was his 3rd goal of the season. In the 66th minute, Haris Belkebla fired home for Brest, with a right-foot shot from outside the box, with Franck Honorat making the assist. After 82 minutes, Romain Del Castillo scored the last goal of the match, from the penalty spot.
After the result Lens are 4th in the table, with 3 points, while Brest sit 13th place, with 0 points. In their next fixture, Franck Haise's team will play away against AC Ajaccio, whilst Michel Der Zakarian's team will host Marseille.
