Lens have sacked coach Yannick Cahuzac barely a week after their 9-1 Champions League defeat at home to Como, a source close to the French club told AFP on Tuesday.
Cahuzac, who was appointed by Lens less than two months ago, lost his job following the French Cup winners’ humiliating loss to Como last Wednesday, as well as a subsequent 2-1 reversal at their Stade Bollaert-Delelis home against Marseille on Sunday in Ligue 1.
“We feel like we’re in a bad way. We feel that Wednesday’s result has left its mark,” Cahuzac admitted after the match against Marseille.
“We’ve managed to pick ourselves up. But we’ve got quite a few gaps in the team, and we feel we’ve lost our confidence.”
The ex-Lens captain replaced Dino Toppmoeller in mid-September, after the German coach made a shock exit following only four Ligue 1 matchdays.
Across nine games at the helm of Lens, Cahuzac has managed only three victories and has lost six times in all competitions, with Lens sitting 11th in the domestic table.
Most damningly, the 41-year-old has collected zero points in Europe, falling to Sporting Lisbon and Club Brugge as well as the Como rout which equals the record for the largest winning margin in the modern Champions League.
“In front of our fans, here at Bollaert, this is unacceptable,” Lens chairman Joseph Oughourlian told Ligue 1+ on Sunday, adding that he had had the words “never again” painted on the walls of the changing room.
Last season, with current Crystal Palace manager Pierre Sage in charge, Lens lifted the French Cup and finished second in the league behind Paris Saint-Germain.
