Posted in: 24/04/2022 – 10:36
The French capital, Paris Saint-Germain, won the French Football League title for the tenth time in its history on Saturday evening, following drawing 1-1 with its guest, Lens, in the thirty-fourth stage. Four stages before the end of the season, Paris Saint-Germain is temporarily 16 points ahead of its pursuit of Marseille, and therefore the Mediterranean club can no longer catch up with it even if it wins at the end of the stage.
managed Paris Saint-Germain club Saturday, who won his tenth title in the French Football League, equaling the record recorded in the name of Saint-Etienne andMarseillefollowing a 1-1 draw at home and among its fans with its guest, Lens, on Saturday in the thirty-fourth stage.
And four stages before the end of the season, the capital club is temporarily 16 points ahead of its pursuit of Marseille, who will be a guest of Rennes on Sunday, and therefore the Mediterranean club can no longer catch up with it even if it wins at the end of the stage.
It is true that none of the fans of the capital club or from its Qatari administration did not want to reach this stage of the season and the team was once more outside the Champions League following losing in The second leg of the final price once morest Real Madrid 1-3excessively winning the first leg 1-0 and advancing on the royal club’s land with a goal, but regaining the title from Lille will restore the smile and forget them for some time this new continental disappointment.
‘You have to live with it’
But the fanatical fans “Ultras” did not forget this disappointment and left the stadium, prompting the Brazilian captain Marquinhos to say that “what happened is unfortunate for the atmosphere, but football is our passion… We try to enjoy it as much as possible and it is unfortunate that this did not happen with the participation of the public (the section that left) But you have to live with it.”
And regarding regaining the title following Lille grabbed it from the Parisian club last season, he said, “You feel pain when you don’t win (the title). Last year we were unable to win it. We felt great pain, and therefore you (now) should make the most of when we win.”
He stressed, “We must continue to do good things,” noting that the team did a good job during the season, “even if we were not successful in Europe.”
It has become clear since last September that no one will be able to stand in the way of extending Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino’s team in the league, as he was 9 points ahead of his closest followers, and entered the thirty-fourth stage, 15 ahead of his second rival, Marseille, and then raised it to 16 temporarily. Four stages before the conclusion.
Control, chances and a wonderful goal for Messi did not complete the joy
Pochettino’s men tried hard to avoid celebrating the title with a draw in a match in which the center of the Spanish defense Sergio Ramos participated in the second match in a row in the league, for the first time since his arrival from Real Madrid last summer, but the numerically deficient Lens snatched the equalizer in the deadly time to respond to the wonderful goal he scored Argentine star Lionel Messi returns to the squad following missing the midweek match due to injury.
Saint-Germain pressed from the beginning, but Mbappe, the Brazilian Neymar, Messi or the Moroccan Ashraf Hakimi were unable to translate the chances into goals once morest goalkeeper Jean-Louis Leica, so that the negative tie remained the master of the situation until the end of the first half.
Saint-Germain continued its dominance and lost opportunities at the beginning of the second half, most notably to the Italian Marco Verratti, Messi and Ramos, even when Lens was forced to complete the match with ten players following Austrian defender Kevin Danso was sent off with a second warning following a harsh intervention on Neymar at the outskirts of the area (57).
But Al-Faraj finally came from the magician Messi, who received the ball outside the area and fired it wonderfully with his left hand to the right of the goalkeeper (67), scoring only his fourth goal in the French League, which he reached last summer from Barcelona, Spain.
However, Lens did not want Saint-Germain to celebrate a victory at his expense, and succeeded in snatching the equalizer through substitute Corentin Jean in the 87th minute following a cross from the other Colombian substitute, Diver Machado.
Monaco is third temporarily
Monaco temporarily climbed to the third place, the last qualifying place for the Champions League, by achieving its sixth win in a row, at the expense of its host, Saint-Etienne, 4-1.
After a match that was stopped at the end of its first half due to the throwing of firecrackers to the field, and then in the 66th minute following the same thing was repeated when the score was 3-1 for the guests, which prompted the referee to ask the players to enter the dressing rooms before returning later to resume it, Monaco returned with the three points and became Temporarily in third place qualifying for the third preliminary round of the Champions League.
The Principality Club advanced by three points from both Rennes and Strasbourg, who play on Sunday with Lorient and Lille, the defending champions, respectively.
Monaco ended the first half with two goals from Wissam Ben Yedder (23) who raised his score to 20 goals in the league this season, and German Kevin Volland (25), once morest a penalty kick from Tunisian Wahbi Khazri (42).
And following a third goal for the guests with a gift from Timoteh Kolodzichak (61 goals once morest his team), an angry section of Saint-Etienne fans began throwing firecrackers and smoke on the pitch in protest once morest the situation in which the club threatened to be relegated to the second division for the first time since 2003, which led to The match was suspended for more than half an hour.
After the two teams returned to the stadium, the Dutchman, Myron Boadu, dealt the final blow to the owners of the land with a goal in the 77th minute, confirming the seventeenth victory of the emirate club and the seventeenth defeat for the owners of the land, whose balance was frozen at 31 points in the eighteenth place.
Leon keeps his luck
For his part, Lyon maintained its chances of participating in the continental competition next season, by beating its guest, Montpellier, 5-2.
Lyon settled the victory in the second half, following the first ended a 2-2 tie, with two goals in stoppage time through Elie Wahi (1 + 45) and Tigi Savagnier (5 + 45 from a penalty kick), following he advanced with the goals of Moussa Dembélé (26) and the Brazilian Thiago Mendes. (43).
Lyon revealed his teeth in the second half and netted Montpellier with three goals, alternated by Houssem Aouar (63, 2 +90) and Cameroonian Karl Toko Ekambi (68).
Lyon raised its score to 52 points, in eighth place, four points, temporarily, from Rennes fourth, fifth Strasbourg, and seven from Monaco.
The third-placed team qualifies for the third preliminary round of the Champions League, the fourth to the group stage of the European League, and the fifth to the Conference League play-off.
FRANCE 24/AFP
