If Paris SG is already crowned champion of France, Ligue 1 is still open on several levels.
Ligue 1 may have crowned Paris SG champion of France for the tenth time, but there are still a number of burning issues to follow over the last four days, from the race for European places to the fight for maintenance.
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2nd place: Marseille advantage
Stake: 2nd place, qualifying for the Champions League group stage alongside Paris SG, champion.
Author of a good series (six wins in seven matches), OM came away in second place with a slight lead over Rennes and Monaco.
A small mattress of six points for the team of Jorge Sampaoli, who may need it because they will face Lyon on Sunday for a still tight “Olympico”, and will end their season by challenging two direct opponents, Rennes (37th day) then Strasbourg (38th day).
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Podium: full suspense
Stake: 3rd place, qualifying for the 3rd preliminary round of the Champions League.
The small gap (five points) between third and seventh place suggests a big fight between the contenders for the podium.
The club that makes the best impression is Monaco, who have won six in a row in the wake of Wissam Ben Yedder (20 goals).
But Rennes, Nice, Strasbourg, even Lens can still hope to finish on the podium.
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European places: up to 6th?
At stake: 4th place, qualifying for the group stage of the Europa League, and 5th place, qualifying for the play-offs for access to the group stage of the Europa League Conference.
The private clubs of the C1 will be able to console themselves by competing in the C3 and the C4, the “small” European Cups, less lucrative but increasingly considered by French clubs.
And one scenario could even revive some clubs left behind in the race for Europe: if Nice (currently 5th) finishes in the top five and qualifies for the Europa League group stage by winning the Coupe de France on May 7 against Nantes , 6th place will qualify for the play-offs for access to the group stage of the Europa League Conference. Which would revive Lyon (8th) or Lille (9th) …
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Maintenance: nothing is played
Stake: avoid 18th place, synonymous with a round trip dam against a Ligue 2 club from pre-dams, and 19th and 20th places synonymous with relegation to Ligue 2.
After the 34th day this weekend, no less than seven teams still seem concerned by the fight for survival in the elite, from Angers (14th with 35 points) to Metz (20th with 24 pts).
The Messins, dead last with seven points behind the play-off place, can already be relegated this weekend in the event of unfavorable results.
For the rest, Bordeaux (19th, 27 pts) and Saint-Etienne (18th, 31 pts), monuments in danger, risk being in the fight for the place of play-off, which offers a chance to save themselves in first-leg confrontation. comeback against a L2 team.
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Ligue 2: Toulouse goes back, with whom?
In Ligue 2, Toulouse has already validated its rise in the elite, two years after leaving it.
It remains to be seen which will be the second club to win its direct ticket for the upper floor: AC Ajaccio, second before this weekend, is holding the rope for the time being, ahead of an Auxerre-Sochaux-Paris FC trio which heading to the play-offs if things remain there.