AFP – Monaco’s 1-0 win over Lille yesterday left Paris Saint-Germain to wait at least until this weekend before securing yet another French Ligue 1 title.
Ousmane Dembele and Kylian Mbappe both scored twice as PSG eased to a 4-1 victory at Lorient earlier, meaning a slip-up by second-placed Monaco in the day’s late game would confirm the Qatar-owned club as champions.
However, Youssouf Fofana’s second-half strike proved enough to give in-form Monaco their fourth consecutive win as they strengthened their grip on second place.
The principality club are the only team who can still mathematically catch PSG with four games remaining, but the gap is 11 points and will surely not be made up.
Luis Enrique’s side will have the chance to guarantee the championship tomorrow with a victory when they entertain relegation-threatened Le Havre.
It will be a record-extending 12th French league championship triumph for the Parisians, and a 10th in the last 12 campaigns going back to the start of the Qatar era which has transformed Ligue 1.
“We did our job. We were serious and we got all three points, despite making numerous changes,” Luis Enrique said.
“As long as the school year is not finished we cannot get our final grade,” he added when asked about the prospect of clinching the title.
