Racing Club de Lens produced a dramatic late comeback to defeat Toulouse FC 3–2 on Ligue 1 matchday 30, overturning a two-goal deficit against 10 men and sealing victory with a stoppage-time winner.
The visitors made a blistering start. Cristian Cásseres Jr. opened the scoring in the 6th minute, putting Toulouse 1–0 up. Seven minutes later, Seny Koumbassa doubled the advantage in the 13th minute, finishing a move created by Santiago Hidalgo to make it 2–0 and leave Lens with a mountain to climb.
Toulouse’s control was shaken in the 17th minute when Yann Gboho was shown a straight red card, forcing the away side to play over 70 minutes with 10 men. Carles Martínez was later booked in the 28th minute as Toulouse dug in to preserve their lead, while Arthur Masuaku received a yellow card for Lens on the stroke of half-time.
The Lens comeback began on 61 minutes. Saud Abdulhamid struck to pull one back for the hosts, finishing after good work from Allan Saint-Maximin to make it 2–1. The momentum firmly swung Lens’ way six minutes later, when Adrien Thomasson levelled the match at 2–2 in the 67th minute.
Both coaches turned to their benches, with Saint-Maximin, Odsonne Edouard and later Florian Thauvin all introduced for Lens, while Toulouse brought on Pape Diop, Dayann Methalie, Jacen Russell-Rowe, Djibril Sidibé and Mário Sauer, the latter picking up a yellow card in the 88th minute.
The decisive moment came in stoppage time. In the 90th minute plus one, Pierre Ganiou completed the turnaround, scoring the winner for Lens after being set up by substitute Andrija Bulatović to seal a 3–2 victory.
This report is based solely on available goal, card and substitution data; additional match statistics and detailed events were not provided. For more on this Ligue 1 clash, visit the full match page on Ballaxy or check the Ligue 1 overview.
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