{"id":4015,"date":"2025-03-15T18:14:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T18:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzz7.info\/?p=4015"},"modified":"2025-03-15T18:17:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T18:17:06","slug":"rs-lens-nampalys-mendy-a-return-that-changes-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/?p=4015","title":{"rendered":"Rs Lens: Nampalys Mendy, a return that changes everything?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Sidelined since October 2024, Nampalys Mendy has finally returned to the pitch with RC Lens.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Against OM last weekend, he delivered a convincing performance, attracting Will Still, who now recognizes his importance to the balance of the Lens team.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"jCAhz\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\"> Since the 8th matchday of Ligue 1 against AS Saint-\u00c9tienne, Nampalys Mendy had not played a single minute in a Lens jersey.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">The Senegalese midfielder seemed to have fallen out of Will Still&#8217;s plans, who no longer counted on him in his rotation.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">He was even destined to leave the Blood and Gold, but after the winter break, he ended up staying at the club due to attractive offers.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Thus, last Saturday against Olympique de Marseille, the RC Lens coach decided to relaunch him at a time when the club was going through an unprecedented crisis with poor performances and numerous injuries.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">A bold decision, but one that paid off.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"jCAhz\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\"> Will Still was full of praise for his midfielder&#8217;s performance.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">&#8220;I think he had a really good match against Marseille. He gives us balance. Both offensively and defensively,&#8221; the coach emphasized, stressing the importance of his play in limiting the opponent&#8217;s transitions.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Mendy doesn&#8217;t rush forward unnecessarily and knows how to keep the ball under pressure, valuable qualities for a team seeking stability.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"jCAhz\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\"> &#8220;If the others around him are moving forward, he tends to maintain this balance so as not to be overwhelmed by transitions in the other direction. He&#8217;s important. He doesn&#8217;t lose the ball under pressure either. Technically, it&#8217;s pretty clean. He obviously has the experience he has. He doesn&#8217;t lose the ball often. That&#8217;s a good thing. We know that confidence plays a big role in a season,&#8221; he added.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">PIN SENEGAL 7<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sidelined since October 2024, Nampalys Mendy has finally returned to the pitch with RC Lens. Against OM last weekend, he delivered a convincing performance, attracting Will Still, who now recognizes his importance to the balance of the Lens team. Since the 8th matchday of Ligue 1 against AS Saint-\u00c9tienne, Nampalys Mendy had not played a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4015"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4019,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4015\/revisions\/4019"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}