Ligue 1: Monaco Double Marseille, Metz on a stay

A week before the end of the championship, AS Monaco seizes second place, beating Brest. The fate of the Girondins de Bordeaux, promised to relegation, is almost sealed.

Le Monde with AFP

With a ninth row victory against Brest (4-2), Monaco seizes second place, doubling Marseille, overwhelmed by Rennes (2-0), Saturday during the penultimate day of Ligue 1 where Metz has taken place in the barragist’s place. At the end of a crazy evening where the positions have changed a lot, everything will be played in the last day, in the race for the Champions League as for maintenance. And OM may well lose everything …

Long second, the Marseillais seemed exhausted at Roazhon Park, unable to stop the accelerations of Benjamin Bourigeaud (11 ^{e ) and Lovro Majer (34 e ), scorers.}

OM falls in the 3 ^{e place, which sends in Champions League dams, exceeded by ASM unlike the goal (+25 against +21) before the last day , where Marseille, still under the threat of his evening winner, receives Strasbourg at the Vélodrome, Monaco goes to Lens and Rennes in Lille.}

A victory in Bollaert, which would be their tenth in a row, and the princely club would find the Champions League, after an irresistible sprint, like its crazy evening: led 2-0 just before the Half-time, ASM has turned everything with a hat-trick from Wissam Ben Yedder (24 goals), which returns to a length from Kylian Mbappé (25 goals) for the title of top scorer.

OM receives Strasbourg (5 ^e

é>), which holds room in the Europa conference league, and must take at least one point to stay on the podium, and do better than Monaco to resume the Place de Dauphin.

Rennes Double Nice

Rennes (4 e ) has three lengths behind this duo. Admittedly, they have a much better difference in goals (+42), but the men of Bruno Genesio, nominated among the best coaches with UNFP trophies, whose ceremony is held on Sunday, need a collapse of their two Rivals to play the Champions League.

They, on the other hand, hold the place in the Europa League, with Nantes, winner of the Coupe de France. The Rennais doubles Nice (6 ^{e ), beaten on his field by Lille (3-1), with the awakening of Jonathan David, author of a double, his first goals since March 6.}

Strasbourg (5 ^{e ) also exceeds Nice unlike goals (+21 against +15) before the last day. The gym, beaten in the Cup final by Nantes (1-0), risks losing everything. Lens, winner in Troyes (3-1), keeps a theoretical chance to finish European, two points behind the Strasbourg-Nice duo.}

The struggle for relegation is also very undecided between Metz (18 e ) and Saint-Étienne (19 e ). The fate of the Girondins de Bordeaux (20 e ) is almost settled, after a sad virgin draw against Lorient, which ensures the maintenance of the “Merlus”. The Girondins are three lengths behind the Grenats, and a proof difference difference (-41 against -29). The Bordeaux stadium has scolded all evening of the supporters’ anger, who launched toilet paper on the field at the address of their players. 2>

Saint-Étienne relegated

a Geoffroy-Guichard, suspended, it is in a lugubrious closed door that the Greens were wasted their luck by losing at home against Reims (2-1). Metz, who seemed to be condemned for a long time, double Saint-Etienne to return to the place of Barragist by defeating Angers (1-0).

Clermont and Troyes also ensured their maintenance, despite their defeats, the Auvergne in Strasbourg (1-0) and the Aubois against Lens (3-1). With respectively 36 and 37 points, neither the Clermont Foot nor the Estac can no longer be joined by Metz and Saint-Etienne (31 points).

Finally, in the match between teams who had nothing to play, Paris Saint-Germain did honor for its title of champion of France by correcting a Montpellier (4-0) once again disastrous. Kylian Mbappé, author of three assists – with a double for Lionel Messi – and a goal (on penalty), has prepared the evening of the UNFP trophies of which he is the big favorite.