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Mon 22 May 2023 5:46 am - Jerusalem Time

French Championship: Saint-Germain is “theoretically” guaranteed to win its eleventh title

Paris Saint-Germain "theoretically" secured its eleventh title in the French Football League by defeating Auxerre 2-1 away on Sunday in the thirty-sixth stage of the French Football Championship, after Lens had previously defeated Lorient 3-1 earlier. .


Saint-Germain raised its score to 84 points, compared to 78 for Lens, two stages before the end of the league.


And the capital team has theoretically won the title in its favor, because even if it loses its last two matches and Lens wins in its two matches as well, the numbers are equal because Saint-Germain is currently superior by 16 goals.


Saint-Germain has two matches left, the first against Strasbourg and the second with Clermont.


Saint-Germain beat the hosts with two early goals, scored by Kylian Mbappe in the 6th and 8th minutes, the first after a wonderful individual effort, and the second after a pass from Argentine star Lionel Messi and a curling shot from him, to lead the scorers’ ranking with 28 goals, two goals ahead of Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette.


Auxerre responded by Mali's Lassen Senaiyoko with a creeping shot, which Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma miscalculated (50).

Saint-Germain was self-righteous by stumbling Lens and then beating Auxerre to officially win his eleventh title in the local league and uniquely the record he currently shares with Saint-Etienne.


The scenario looked good for Saint-Germain, because Lorient opened the scoring with Romain Fever after just 6 minutes.
However, Lens, who is enjoying an exceptional season, managed to equalize with a shot by Florian Sutoka, which hit a Lorient defender and deceived his goalkeeper (20).


Five minutes later, Lens succeeded in advancing through Adrian Thomason, taking advantage of a defensive error, before Lens Ivorian captain Siko Fofana finally settled the result in favor of his team by scoring the third goal three minutes before the end of the match.


Lens won 9 of its last ten matches, and the only loss was against Saint-Germain in particular.


And Lens has become a candidate to snatch the Champions League card directly because the second-placed player does not compete in the playoffs, unlike the third-placed Marseille, who is 5 points behind Lens, two stages before the end of the season.

Amine Guerre scored a hat-trick to lead Rennes to a 5-0 victory at Ajaccio and maintain his hopes of qualifying for European competitions next season.


Goweri of Algerian origin scored his three goals in the 31st, 40th and 71st minutes, while Batiste Santamaria (14) and Jeremy Ducos (37) added the others.


Rennes restored the point difference with Lille V, the last of the qualifying positions for the continental competitions, after the latter’s victory over its guest Marseille on Saturday 2-1, and it also became three points away from Monaco IV after the emirate’s team fell against Lyon in the opening stage on Friday.


Rennes achieved its second successive victory, after sweeping Troyes 4-0 last week.


Rennes will have the opportunity to snatch a continental position, as it hosts Monaco at home in the next stage, before defeating Brest in the final stage.


As for Ajaccio, who ranked penultimate, his return to the second division was previously confirmed in the last stage by falling against Saint-Germain, the leaders, by five goals as well, before Sunday suffered the twenty-fifth loss in the league this season.

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