Lens will close the first round of the French league in the lead, after this Friday's victory at Toulouse's home, 3-0on the 17th round. Said, at 57 minutes, Thomasson, at 85, and Ganiou, at 90+5, scored the goals of the match. Still in the first half, in the 23rd minute, Emersonn was sent off and left the home team playing with one less. With this triumph, Lens, the great sensation of the season in France, leads the championship with 40 points, four more than Paris Saint-Germain, who face Paris FC on Sunday. In third is Marseille, with 32, who host Nantes on the same day. Toulouse, in turn, returned to defeat, remaining in eighth place, with 23 points.
