With a goal by Lionel Messi, the Paris Saint Germain he got the point he needed against Strasbourg to secure the title of the French Championship, the 11th in its history, and became the biggest winner of the competition.
With 85 points, PSG opens four ahead of Lens, who defeated Ajaccio by 3 to 0 and secured the runner-up.
“It’s a historic title. I’m very happy and, above all, I don’t want the title to be trivialized”, asked the coach of the Parisian team, Christophe Galtier.
“I repeat again, because nobody seems to want to understand, that it was a very particular season, in which it was necessary to stay the course despite everyone thinking that we were sinking. I congratulate my players for that”, added Galtier at a press conference.
After largely dominating the first half, PSG opened the scoring after the break in a move that started on the left with Kylian Mbappé, who set up Messi to score (59′).
The title began to be celebrated on the Parisian’s bench when a former player of the club, Kevin Gameiro, drew for Strasbourtg (79′) and gave emotion to the final stretch of the match, although the scoreboard did not change.
The point won by PSG prevented Lens from continuing in the fight for the title, which easily beat the already relegated Ajaccio (19th) and, in addition to runner-up, got a direct place in the group stage of the next Champions League.
In turn, Olympique de Marseille (3rd) ended the week of celebrations for the 30th anniversary of the European Cup (current Champions) title, the only one by a French club, with a 2-1 defeat at the Vélodrome to Brest ( 14th).
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In this way, Olympique will have to go through the previous phase of the next Champions League.
With Angers, Ajaccio and Troyes already relegated, much of the attention of the penultimate round turned to the fight to escape the last place that leads to the second division.
The defeat of Nantes (17th) by Lille (4th) by 2 to 1 and the draw of Auxerre (16th) with Toulouse (13th) in 1 to 1 did not change the scenario and both teams will fight to stay in the last round .
At the top of the table, Lille, Rennes and Monaco will dispute the 4th and 5th positions to define the qualifiers for the Europa League and the Conference League.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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