The last day of Ligue 1 ended in the complete relegation of Auxerre and with the European award for Stade Rennais and Lille, who will play in the Europa League and Conference League, respectively, at the expense of Monaco and Olympique Lyon, who will not walk their name across the continent next year after signing a course to forget.
The top three places decided, with Paris Saint-Germain champion and along with Lens and Olympique Marseille also in the Champions League, Ligue 1 just needs to clarify the name of the fourth and fifth classified and one of the club that will join Angers, Troyes and Ajaccio in Ligue 2 and finally Auxerre.
In the continental context, Lille, Rennes, Monaco and Lyon played the entire season in just ninety minutes. And the prize went to Rennes and Lille, who got the necessary points in their respective games against Troyes and Brest.
Lille now tie the Conference
At the stadium de l’Aube, Lille by Paulo Fonseca added a point against Troyes (1-1) which was enough to achieve their goal in Europe. The prize could have been higher as in the last quarter of an hour they lost their guaranteed place in the Europa League and went into the Conference League.
It was his fault Rony Lopezwith a shot from the balcony of the area nullifying the goal of Bfode Diakite at the start of the second period and left Lille in fifth position.
Rennes finished fourth in the Europa League
Stade Rennais made the most of the last day. They beat Brest 1-2 with absolutely nothing at stake, and they overtook Lille in the standings. A double from Benjamin Bourigeaud was enough for the Bruno Genesio team, which will participate in the Europa League for the second season in a row.
Blanc’s Lyon and Monaco failed
The other two applicants of the day hit a good stumble. Monaco were beaten 1-2 by Toulouse and Lyon 3-1 by Nice. The principality team confirmed the failure of sports director Paul Mitchell and coach Phillipe Clement, who designed a Champions League team to finish in sixth position.
Even worse, the course is over Lyon by Laurent Blanc. Nice, with three goals in the first half hour from an own goal by Jerome Boateng, from Gaetan Laborde and Teremas Mofficaused the umpteenth disaster for Lyon this year and for the second season in a row they will not play in Europe
Nantes performed a miracle and brought down Auxerre
In the fight for relegation, Auxerre was the biggest victim. He battled to the end with Nantes, edging out his rival in the standings to earn safety at the buzzer. The good game of Pedro Chirivella, that he is back after overcoming an injury that kept him off the pitch for eight games, is key for Nantes.
The Spanish midfielder guided his teammates to victory over Angers and with a little Ganago they won 1-0, breaking a 14-game winless streak and taking advantage of Auxerre’s loss, losing 3-1 at Lens. Nantes made a miracle and will play next season in Ligue 1.
Source: La Verdad
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