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00:00Worldwide, my name's Andy Scott, I'm your commentator for this evening's game here in the old region of Burgundy.
00:06Lucerne and Racing Club de Lens, two teams who famously were French champions just a couple of years apart in the 1990s.
00:16And these days going head-to-head in the top flight.
00:20Lucerne held the champions Paris Saint-Germain to a goalless draw here last weekend, they have lost just once.
00:35And I know it's a good ball through, Mbale and Zola with a chance to make it 1-0, and Donovan Léon 1-1 and drawn one of those.
00:45It's not necessarily an unlucky mascot for them, Neil Neil as we come up to the midway point in the first half.
00:52Rémi Laboue-Lascari cuts it back and it's a goal!
00:55Neil El Ainaoui, on just his second start this season, puts Lens in front.
01:06Well it's a goal they've been threatening, they have dominated the opening stages here.
01:11Donovan Léon making one big save already this evening.
01:15And after all his heroics last weekend in the draw against Paris Saint-Germain, finally the goalkeeper has been beaten.
01:23Rémi Laboue-Lascari with a lovely first touch to dink it over the challenge of the defender.
01:29And then the cutback for El Ainaoui to score.
01:42We still have three quarters of this game in which to do it though.
01:47Sina Iokou is picked up by Gaëtan Perrin, Paul Joly, chance for a quick reply.
01:54And Brice Samba makes the save, well...
02:04Perrin with the free kick there, it's really well struck and it's gone in.
02:09Gaëtan Perrin with the equaliser.
02:16Well in the absence of their star man this season, Ahmed Junior Traoré not involved tonight.
02:23Perrin steps up at the key moment, his fifth goal of the campaign.
02:28Gaëtan Perrin the player who was fouled initially to win the free kick.
02:34He knew exactly where he was going to put that, it's a terrific strike from that angle.
02:39Brice Samba will feel he should have done better perhaps.
02:45As he played alongside the likes of Alexandre Lacazette and Tolisso at Lyon.
02:52N'Zola through again, N'Zola this time he's put it in but the offside flag...
02:59Well he thought it would come up but the referee has given the goal.
03:04Lens breaking the...
03:07You've got a point against Giroud-Auxerre and were crowned French champions for the first and to date only time in their history.
03:18Comparison, three points this evening might not mean as much but it would be a very precious result.
03:24Sergei is underway in the second half, they have been beaten just once in seven games here this season.
03:31That was Monaco in mid-September, as it stands they're on course for another defeat tonight.
03:38Let's see if they can produce a second half fight back this one.
03:43Close to 30 metres out, Kuzanov strikes it but comfortable save for Atol Veloz since arriving prior to the start of last season.
03:55Now then, maybe a chance for Auxerre.
04:01Sinayoko, it's a chance for Auxerre.
04:05Now then, maybe a chance for Auxerre.
04:11Sinayoko, curling one.
04:14Too high from...
04:16...formation that Will still prefers at the moment.
04:19He has said on record that he essentially has about three different formations which he likes to pick and choose between depending on the form of his players or the way in which the opposition plays perhaps.
04:35Anazaruri, trying the shot from long range, it bounced awkwardly in front of the goalkeeper.
04:42Enzola, keeping it alive here.
04:45It's a good save from Donovan Leon, he's got it far enough away from goal.
04:51Tomasson to Przemyslaw Frankowski.
05:05Cross in from the right, comes to Enzola.
05:12You would think that he's going to change his mind here when he sees this again.
05:16You can see why in real time he thought that was a penalty.
05:19The referee's seen enough.
05:23And there is no penalty.
05:26And it's going to be a yellow card in fact for Paul Joly for diving.
05:35It's a dangerous ball, played back into his own penalty box by Tomasson.
05:40Lucerne might be in here.
05:45Still the hunt for the equaliser goes on.
05:48Perrin with the corner from the left.
05:51Comes to Danois.
05:55Sinayoko does well to hold up the cross and it's in.
06:00It's 2-2.
06:04And it's Gabriel Osho.
06:09Osera level again.
06:22Corner initially partially cleared.
06:25And Lasin Sinayoko does brilliantly to dig out the cross from the right hand side.
06:32And it's the Nigerian international Gabriel Osho who gets his first Liga goal.
06:39Second equaliser on the night.
06:421.15 to 0.37, very much in their favour.
06:48Might have another chance here, Labo Lascari.
06:52Trying the shot, under pressure from Akpuis.
06:55Hurts himself again, a loss of preparing.
07:02Right then, David Pereira, Nakosta maybe.
07:06Into the side netting.
07:14Konkovski charged down.
07:16Sinayoko for Danois.
07:21Sinayoko's low ball in, watched all the way by Danso.
07:24Might just come for Danois to hit it.
07:27Off target.
07:28Off target.
07:30And that is the last act of the evening.
07:34An excellent game, applause from all around the stadium.
07:37A point apiece.
07:39Just off Pelissier, shaking hands with Osera's Chinese owner, James Zhu.