Belgian international Lois Openda scored twice on Saturday as Lens romped to a 3-0 win over Monaco in Ligue 1 to close in on Champions League qualification and seriously damage the top-three hopes of their opponents.
Lens began the day in third place, two points above Monaco in fourth, and they never looked back after Openda opened the scoring in the ninth minute at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis.
It was the perfect way for Lens to bounce back after a 3-1 defeat away to leaders Paris Saint-Germain last weekend effectively ended their chances of winning the title. Franck Haise’s team are also now five points better off than Monaco, who have finished third in each of the last two campaigns only to then go out of the Champions League in the qualifying rounds.
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