PSG one step away from the title, Brest saved: what to remember from the 36th day of Ligue 1


It’s almost done: a double from Kylian Mbappé gave PSG a victory at Auxerre (2-1) on Sunday, which allows the capital club to be only one small step away from its 11th league title of France. With its six-point lead over Lens and a clearly favorable goal difference (+50 against +34) two days before the end of the season, Paris is in an ideal position and it would now take an unlikely scenario to deprive of crowning the troops of Christophe Galtier.

Once again, Mbappé was the Parisian detonator in Auxerre with two goals scored in two minutes (6th, 8th). The 2018 world champion, closely followed by Lyonnais Alexandre Lacazette (26), took the opportunity to regain control of the scorer rankings (28) alone. But his team’s game fell apart as usual and PSG was trapped by Lassine Sinayoko (51st) before experiencing major scares at the end of the game. But what does it matter for Paris: with this success, the trip to Strasbourg next Saturday then the reception of Clermont should be simple formalities, even if this 2nd title in a row will not mask a season marked by incessant crises and a fiasco of more in the Champions League (elimination in the round of 16 by Bayern Munich).

Lens makes the hole

In Lens, 2nd place should on the contrary crown a brilliant exercise with a direct ticket to the Champions League as a reward. The Sang et Or are not very far after their victory in Lorient (3-1). The day after OM’s setback in Lille (2-1), they did not miss the opportunity to fly away and seriously complicate the task of the Olympians, still 3rd but now relegated to five lengths behind Lensois.

Surprised by the opening of the quick score of Lorient signed Romain Faivre (6th), the Northerners did not gamble, folding the case thanks to Florian Sotoca (20th), Adrien Thomasson (25th) and captain Seko Fofana (87th) . Barring a spectacular failure during the last two matches of the championship, against Ajaccio and Auxerre, Lens is therefore on the way to returning to the group stage of the most prestigious of European competitions for the first time since the 2002-2003 season, leaving OM struggle with a third preliminary round and then possibly a jump-off to access it.

Brest saved

On the other hand, the suspense is still alive concerning the ticket for the Europa League Conference. Rennes (6th) thus clings to the hope of winning 5th position after crushing Ajaccio (5-0), thanks in particular to a hat-trick from Amine Gouiri, returning to one point from Lille (5th). At the bottom of the table, Brest, winner of Clermont (2-1), has definitively validated its maintenance in Ligue 1 while Strasbourg, held in check at Troyes (1-1), will still have to wait to secure its place in the elite. .

With six lengths ahead of Nantes, 17th and first relegated, Racing (15th) is still in a fairly favorable position to stay one more season in L1 and the last ticket for the descent to L2 should be played between Nantes and Auxerre (16th and first not relegated), only one point separates.



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