{"id":77485,"date":"2022-04-21T13:37:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T13:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=77485"},"modified":"2022-04-21T13:37:44","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T13:37:44","slug":"psg-win-but-ligue-1-title-celebrations-put-on-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=77485","title":{"rendered":"PSG win but Ligue 1 title celebrations put on hold"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Sports Desk:<\/strong> Paris Saint-Germain won 3-0 away at Angers on Wednesday but will have to wait a little longer to be confirmed as Ligue 1 champions after nearest challengers Marseille beat Nantes 3-2.<\/p>\n

PSG started the day 15 points clear with six games left and so knew they could clinch their eighth Ligue 1 crown in 10 years if second-placed Marseille slipped up.<\/p>\n

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Mauricio Pochettino's side got the result they needed, brushing aside struggling Angers despite being without the injured Lionel Messi and the suspended Neymar.<\/p>\n

Kylian Mbappe put PSG in front as Ligue 1's leading scorer notched his 22nd of the season just before the half-hour mark at the Stade Raymond Kopa.<\/p>\n

Sergio Ramos then marked a rare appearance by doubling the lead in first-half stoppage time when he headed in Angel Di Maria's cross, and his central defensive colleague Marquinhos added a late third.<\/p>\n

However PSG, who had young midfielder Edouard Michut sent off in stoppage time, were made to wait for the record-equalling 10th French title in their history as Amine Harit's strike gave Marseille victory at the Velodrome.<\/p>\n

OM came from behind twice against Nantes through Dimitri Payet penalties before Harit struck in the 75th minute to make it 3-2 and secure a precious win for Jorge Sampaoli's side as they chase Champions League qualification.<\/p>\n

PSG remain 15 points clear with just 15 points left to play for and also boast a far superior goal difference.<\/p>\n

They will be confirmed champions on Saturday with a point at home to Lens.<\/p>\n

“It is really important for us to win the championship and I hope we can do it on Saturday,” Pochettino told broadcaster Canal Plus.<\/p>\n

“We always talk about wanting to win the Champions League but there is also value in winning the league,” he told reporters later.<\/p>\n

“PSG must accord value to every competition they play in. Let's hope we can celebrate the title together with our fans on Saturday.”<\/p>\n

A 10th title will see them equal the record set by the Saint-Etienne side of Michel Platini when they won their last championship in 1981.<\/p>\n

The capital club had only been French champions twice before the Qatari takeover of 2011.<\/p>\n

– Monaco surge into contention –<\/p>\n

Behind them Marseille are now six points clear in second place, with only the top two in Ligue 1 qualifying automatically for the Champions League and third place entering in the qualifying rounds.<\/p>\n

Rennes remain third but are only above Strasbourg and Monaco on goal difference while Nice are two points back in sixth.<\/p>\n

Strasbourg beat Rennes 2-1 in Alsace with Ludovic Ajorque grabbing their winner after Martin Terrier had cancelled out Habib Diallo's early opener for the home side.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile Monaco have surged back into European contention and climbed above Nice by beating their Cote d'Azur rivals 1-0 on Wednesday thanks to a first-half strike by Russian international Aleksandr Golovin.<\/p>\n

It was a fifth consecutive victory for the principality side.<\/p>\n

Nice are now out of the European places altogether, with fourth qualifying for the Europa League and fifth going into the Europa Conference League.<\/p>\n

Lens remain in contention after beating Montpellier 2-0 to move to within one point of Nice, but Lyon and outgoing champions Lille saw their European hopes suffer potentially decisive blows.<\/p>\n

Peter Bosz's Lyon lost 2-1 away to Brest despite a 15th league goal of the season for Moussa Dembele, while a sublime Renato Sanches strike could not prevent Lille from going down 2-1 at Reims.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile six-time champions Bordeaux remain in serious danger of being relegated to Ligue 2 after throwing away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at home to Saint-Etienne.<\/p>\n

The result means Bordeaux are 19th, four points and one place behind Saint-Etienne who sit in the relegation play-off spot.<\/p>\n

Clermont climbed above the latter and out of the relegation zone altogether by winning 1-0 at Troyes.<\/p>\n

Bottom side Metz are eight points from outright safety after losing 1-0 at Lorient.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sports Desk: Paris Saint-Germain won 3-0 away at Angers on Wednesday but will have to wait a little longer to be confirmed as Ligue 1 champions after nearest challengers Marseille beat Nantes 3-2. PSG started the day 15 points clear with six games left and so knew they could clinch their eighth Ligue 1 crown […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":77486,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n