This article contains adult content that may be inappropriate for minors. Please confirm that you are 18 years or older to continue. This article contains images or details that some readers may find disturbing. Reader discretion is advised. Lens defeated Metz 3-0, closing the gap at the top of Ligue 1. The team, led by Pierre Sage, celebrated their qualification for the semi-finals of the French Cup against Lyon earlier in the week with a comfortable victory over the league's bottom team. Lens resolved the match in the last five minutes of the first half and the first ten of the second: Abdulhamid opened the scoring in the 44th minute, Thauvin doubled the lead in the 46th, and Haidara set the final score at 52 minutes. Sage's squad, who had lost at home to Monaco and drawn in Strasbourg in the previous two rounds, returned to winning ways. Lens has closed the gap to just one point behind PSG, who lost in the opening match of round 25 of Ligue 1 against Monaco (1-3). PSG has 57 points, while Lens has 56. Metz has 13 points and is 11 points away from safety.
PSG This Pierre Sage remains central to this story.
PSG This Pierre Sage remains central to this story.
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