On several occasions since the start of the season, especially against Angers or Montpellier, RC Lens has shown weaknesses on set pieces. Without it necessarily being visibly on the scoreboard, but Franck Haise did not wait to take the bull by the horns.
On the sidelines of the victory against Brest (2-1), the Lensois coach admitted having worked on this aspect, which seems to have borne fruit. “We put an integral zone on the corners in particular. We will take goals, but we responded well tonight. Tonight’s team was also bigger than usual, but the players responded well on the set pieces they worked on yesterday in training, ”Haise said in comments relayed by Lensois.com.
Brest helped validate the work
Same story for Massadio Haidara who also expects results over time. “We worked longer than usual on set pieces in training. This made several meetings where we were in difficulty in this area. We have changed our way of defending. Today it was effective. Usually, we are at the individual markings, but we were in the zone facing Brest. For the rest, it will depend on the opposition opposite. Brest did not have any size players so that was an advantage for us, ”said the Lensois defender.
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