Lens vs Monaco preview - Lens on the brink in Ligue 1

Posted Saturday, April 25, 2015 by PA

Yoann Touzghar does not want Lens to hide despite their Ligue 1 stay appearing to be over.

They head into Sunday's meeting with Monaco at the foot of the table, 11 points adrift with five games left.

If results go against them they could be down this weekend, but striker Touzghar is trying to stay positive.

"We will not hide," he said on his club's official website.

"It becomes difficult, we are 11 points behind safety with just 15 left to take and when our competitors earn points it complicates our task.

"But we have no rights, we have to show our best on the field."

Promoted last summer, Lens look to be heading back to Ligue 2, despite the positivity of their players.

"If we go down we are back to square one," Touzghar added.

"Everything we built over two years will collapse, but we wtill have to start again. After every failure there are lessons to be learned and we must show we can learn from our mistakes."

Lens run into a Monaco side fresh from exiting the Champions League but still in the Ligue 1 title hunt.

Their hopes of that are improbable given they are six points behind the lead duo of Lyon and Paris St Germain, but Touzghar knows what a good side they are.

"Monaco do not concede a lot of goals, and they have a real solidity," he added "They are very good individually and the danger can come from anywhere.

"This will be a very good meeting for us and we hope that they will not have a lot of energy after playing Juventus (in the Champions League).

"But they will want a podium finish and they will apply pressure to us."