SS Lazio - RC Lens: head to head and statistics

RC Lens - SS Lazio, 2 Nov 1977

The 1977 UEFA Cup clash between RC Lens and SS Lazio remains the ultimate founding myth of the French club in European football. Following a 0-2 defeat in Rome, nobody gave the French side a fighting chance to turn the tie around. However, what unfolded at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis defied all logic and transformed into pure footballing madness.

The hosts fought relentlessly from the opening whistle and managed to level the aggregate score to 2:0 after 90 minutes, forcing extra time. What followed in those additional thirty minutes was a complete demolition of the Roman side, as Lens clinicaly scored four more goals to secure a spectacular 6-0 victory. Notably, Polish players played a pivotal role in this historic night, accounting for more than half of the team's goals. Alongside a magnificent hat-trick by Didier Six, crucial goals were scored by Polish stars Ryszard Faber and Joachim Marx, cementing this match as one of the greatest comebacks in French football history.