lens fc took a decisive step in their Coupe de France tie when Matthieu Udol converted a right-footed finish from very close range to the centre of the goal, making the score 3-1 in the 90th minute.
Matthieu Udol Finish
Udol drilled the third goal from point-blank range after Saud Abdulhamid set him up, the assist arriving down the right before Udol’s right-footed shot hit the centre of the net. That 90th-minute strike extended Lens’s lead to two goals and came after a sequence of chances in both boxes.
Allan Saint-Maximin Break
Allan Saint-Maximin opened Lens’s upper hand earlier on 2026-04-21 with a right-footed shot from outside the box into the bottom right corner, a finish supplied by Florian Thauvin following a fast break. Saint-Maximin’s strike put Lens ahead 2-0 and forced Toulouse to chase a response for the remainder of the match.
Santiago Hidalgo Reply
Santiago Hidalgo reduced the deficit for Toulouse with a left-footed shot from the centre of the box into the bottom right corner, the goal created by an Emersonn assist that pulled the visitors back to 2-1. Toulouse produced several attacking set pieces after that goal: Djibril Sidibé won a free kick in the defensive half and Hidalgo himself won a free kick on the left wing, telling of the pressure Toulouse generated as they searched for an equaliser.
Lens’s goalkeeper and defence also had key interventions. Kjetil Haug saved a left-footed shot from Odsonne Édouard from the right side of the box, and Emersonn later had a left-footed shot from outside the box blocked, two plays that interrupted Toulouse’s attempts to turn momentum after Hidalgo’s strike. Seny Koumbassa conceded a corner to Lens at one point, a small but useful moment of territorial advantage that preceded the late winning goal.
The match timeline on 2026-04-21 shows a clear swing: Saint-Maximin made it 2-0, Hidalgo pulled Toulouse within one, and Udol’s close-range finish restored a two-goal cushion in the final minute. Saud Abdulhamid’s role in Udol’s goal and Thauvin’s assist on Saint-Maximin’s finish underline how Lens combined quick transitions and set-piece pressure to create scoring chances.
Udol’s 90th-minute strike is the human moment that completes the story: after Toulouse clawed back to 2-1, a local finish from very close range halted their momentum and widened Lens’s margin in this Coupe de France knockout encounter. For supporters tracking the tie, that finish is the decisive action of the match and the last clear on-field development recorded in the play-by-play events.
