AFCON 2025
The race for the remaining Champions League places behind Paris Saint-Germain remains wide open in the French league after Marseille drew 1-1 at Lille on Sunday.
With two rounds of matches left, and PSG already crowned champion, second-placed Marseille missed the chance to open up a three-point gap on Monaco after goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli’s blunder in the 74th minute.
The top three teams qualify for the group stage of the Champions League, with the fourth team getting a spot in the qualifying rounds. Marseille has a one-point lead over Monaco, who won 3-1 at Saint-Etienne on Saturday, with a trio of chasing teams — Nice, Lille and Strasbourg — lagging one point further back.
⏱️FULL-TIME in Lille 🤝
A point that sees us keep our second place, with two matches to go.#LOSCOM | 1⃣ – 1⃣ | ⚪️🔵 pic.twitter.com/RJfJ4NtjJu
— Olympique de Marseille 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 (@OM_English) May 4, 2025
Lyon’s hopes of European soccer next season took a blow as the seven-time French champions lost 2-1 against Lens.
Anass Zaroury scored the winner with a superb 30-meter strike into the top corner five minutes from time, soon after Georges Mikautadze leveled for the hosts with a header.
The result left Lyon outside of the European places, six points above eighth-placed Lens.
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Nantes 0 – 1 Angers
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Auxerre 1 – 2 Le Havre
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Brest 1 – 0 Montpellier
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Lyon 1 – 2 Lens
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Lille 1 – 1 Marseille
