O French Championship came to an end this Saturday (3), at the end of the 38th round, with the defeat of the champion Paris Saint Germain by 3-2 to Clermont-Ferrand at the Parc des Princes, in the game that marked Lionel Messi’s farewell to the Parisian team.
Before the match, Messi was booed by PSG fans, dissatisfied with the Argentine’s passage in his two years at the club.
Sergio Ramos, who is also leaving, opened the scoring in the 16th minute. At 21, Kylian Mbappé scored the second penalty. At the celebration, the striker showed a shirt with the name of the Spanish goalkeeper Sergio Rico, who has been hospitalized in serious condition since he suffered an accident with a horse last Sunday.
But Clermont managed to equalize in the first half, with goals from Johan Gastien (24′) and Algerian Mehdi Zeffane (45’+1).
The visiting team could even have gone into the break ahead on the scoreboard with the penalty kick missed by Grejohn Kyie, who redeemed himself in the second half and scored the winning goal (63′).
In turn, Lens (2nd) closed its great season by beating Auxerre (17th) by 3-1, which ended up relegated to the second division with the victory of Nantes (16th) over last-placed Angers by 1-0.
In addition to Auxerre and Angers, Ajaccio (18th) and Troyes (19th) also did not escape the fall, in a season in which four teams were relegated so that the next edition of the championship will have 18 participants.
In the fight for the European cups, Rennes, who beat Brest (14th) by 2-1, secured the fourth position and qualified for the Europa League thanks to the stumbling block of Lille (5th), which tied with Troyes in 1-1 and will have to settle for the place in the Conference League.
Monaco (6th) and Lyon (7th), which at the start of the round still had chances of qualifying, lost their games and will not compete in continental competitions next season.
And in the last game under the command of coach Igor Tudor, Olympique de Marseille also said goodbye to the season with a 1-0 defeat against Ajaccio.
The results of the last round of Ligue 1
PSG 2 x 3 Clermont
Reims 1 x 3 Montpellier
Nice 3 x 1 Lyon
Nantes 1 x 0 Angers
Ajaccio 1-0 Marseille
Troyes 1 x 1 Lille
Lorient 2 x 1 Strasbourg
Auger 1 x 3 Lens
Stade Brestois 1 x 2 Rennes
Monaco 1 x 2 Toulouse
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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