A newfound asset and another weapon for Lens: Kalimuendo is finally launched

It needed a click. It happened on a stroke of fate. A seemingly trivial fact of play transformed into a penalty by the unfortunate Hugo Ekitike, guilty of a very dangerous gesture but fortunately without consequence on the face of the Lens defender Kevin Danso. Arnaud Kalimuendo took his responsibilities. And the young striker of the Artesian club has not trembled to give a welcome advantage to Lensois in difficulty to destabilize Reims until then. Above all, he has finally found the nets, for the first time this season. For a scorer, that changes everything. However, it did not play out much. And above all to the remarkable state of mind that inhabits this Lens team. Because Kalimuendo was not supposed to take this penalty. Florian Sotoca had seized the ball to hit it before giving it to his teammate. “ The first shooters are Flo (Sotoca) and Gaël (Kakuta), ‘Kali’ comes next , confirmed Lensois coach Franck Haise at the microphone of Amazon Prime Video after the meeting. But when there are empathetic players, these things happen. Kali wanted to open his counter and he also scored a second goal on a pass from Sotoca. ”

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And beautiful manner. The confidence gained after opening his counter was felt with a classy second goal. A perfect call to stand out, impeccable control to place yourself in an ideal position, and a clinical finish to fool the Reims goalkeeper Predrag Rakjkovic. “ They still came to pick us up higher, so there was space behind their backs , explained Lensois midfielder Seko Fofana on Amazon Prime Video. This allowed Kali to get a double tonight, we are happy for him, for everything he does . “ The 10th goal scorer different from Lens Kalimuendo lacked success and efficiency since the start of the season. But he was not discouraged for all that. Facing Reims, it was already having a good evening before finding the nets. It was felt on most of his ball catches, his directions of play, his sharp calls to create space, or free some for his teammates. He displayed the same impact in the game after his double, without slacking off until his exit about twenty minutes from the end of the match, for the benefit of Ignatius Ganago. This full match, Kalimuendo needed it. There was inevitably a frustration for a player coming out of a very promising exercise with Lens, where he had already been loaned by PSG last season. Author of 8 goals and 6 assists in 31 matches in all competitions, the native of Suresnes had convinced observers. And its direction. Lens has therefore been forcing the Parisian leaders to obtain a new loan from the 19-year-old striker. And they ended up winning their case on the last day of the summer transfer window. The artesian club can now rub its hands with it. He already had many reasons to rejoice this season with an exciting team, perhaps the most attractive of this championship in France. And where danger can come from anywhere. Kalimuendo has indeed become Lens’s 10th different scorer this season. That the Lensois striker regains his feelings and his confidence is a plus for a team that was already not lacking in strengths, individual or collective. The present was already encouraging for Racing. But with a restored Kalimuendo, his future could be even brighter.