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Match Recap
F. Thauvin bookended the chaos and Lens never let Auxerre breathe, turning a Ligue 1 opener into a seven-goal demolition that ended 5-2 at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis. Thauvin got Lens moving in the 12th minute, and after Ivanovic (49') and Abdulhamid (54') pushed the lead to three, Auxerre briefly made it interesting through Namaso (61') and Sy (69'). Ganiou's strike in between had already put the game beyond reach, and Thauvin drove the point home with a late second in the 88th to finish with a brace. The win extends Lens's perfect record in this fixture to two from two against Auxerre, and Thauvin now sits fourth in the Ligue 1 scoring charts with 14 goals, closing in on leader E. Lepaul. The 88th-minute finish in particular, cutting through a tiring Auxerre side, is the kind of ruthless strike that demands to be seen.
