„Ligue 1“ championship has long been decided, but it is still not clear which other two teams will fight for tickets to the next season's Champions League.
Although it seemed not long ago that "Monaco" already had one foot in the Champions League, now everything no longer seems so safe. Last season's "Ligue 1" champions secured the third place by defeating "Caen" 2-1 in the final match.
"Monaco" team took the lead in the 12th minute after a precise shot by Moussa Sylla, but in the 40th minute the score became equal. Ivan Santini managed to score.
"Caen" also played in a minority from the 76th minute when Romain Genevois was sent off.
And in added time, M. Sylla scored a double.
"Monaco" is one point behind the second place with two rounds remaining.
Sitting in the second place, "Lyon" today defeated "Troyes" 3-0.
"Lyon" team scored two goals with Bertrand Traore and once with Maxwell Cornet.
Meanwhile, the "Marseille" team, trying to break into the top three, managed to beat the "Nice" footballers 2-1.
After this victory, the "Marseille" footballers are one point behind the "Monaco" club, which is currently in third place.
Mario Balotelli scored the opening goal for "Nice" in the fifth minute, but Valere Germain equalized in the 13th minute.
The winning goal was scored by Dimitri Payet in the 72nd minute.
In other matches, "St-Etienne" suffered a painful loss to the "Bordeaux" team, "Lille" secured another victory by defeating "Toulouse" and rose to 16th place.
Wins were also achieved by "Dijon", "Nantes", "Angers", and "Rennes".
"Caen" 1:2 "Monaco" 12' [0-1] M. Sylla 40' [1-1] I. Santini 90+1' [1-2] M. Sylla 76' R. Genevois ("Caen") red card
"Lyon" 3:0 "Troyes" 28' [1-0] B. Traore 35' [2-0] B. Traore 88' [3-0] M. Cornet
"Marseille" 2:1 "Nice" 5' [0-1] M. Balotelli 13' [1-1] V. Germain 72' [2-1] D. Payet
"St-Etienne" 1:3 "Bordeaux"
"Dijon" 3:1 "Guingamp"
"Toulouse" 2:3 "Lille"
"Rennes" 2:1 "Strasbourg"
"Nantes" 0:2 "Montpellier"
"Metz" 1:2 "Angers"
