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Paris Saint-Germain lifted the Ligue 1 trophy but then lost 2-1 away to neighbours Paris FC on Sunday in their last game before the Champions League final against Arsenal, as Lille secured qualification for Europe's elite club competition on the final night of the French season.

PSG clinched a fifth straight French title, and a record extending 14th overall, with a 2-0 win over nearest challengers Lens on Wednesday, and they were handed the trophy in a low-key ceremony before kick-off at the Stade Jean-Bouin.

Coach Luis Enrique included many of his most important players in his line-up in PSG's last outing before they face Arsenal in Budapest on May 30, when they will attempt to retain the European crown they won for the first time in the club's history last season.

But they were dealt a blow when Ousmane Dembele, last year's Ballon d'Or winner and the newly-crowned Ligue 1 player of the season, came off before the half-hour mark in an apparent injury scare.

Bradley Barcola gave PSG the lead early in the second half, but substitute Alimami Gory equalised and then scored a stoppage-time winner for Paris FC, who finish 11th in their first season since promotion to the top flight.

Lille clinched third place and a return to the Champions League for next season, despite ending the campaign with a 2-0 defeat at home to Auxerre.

Malian international Lassine Sinayoko scored twice for Auxerre, once in each half, as his team secured survival.

Lille finish third because Lyon were not able to take advantage of their defeat -- OL were hammered 4-0 at home by Lens and so have to settle for fourth place.

Wesley Said bagged a brace for Lens and Florian Sotoca got their third in first-half stoppage time, with Florian Thauvin then getting the fourth after the break.

Nice in relegation playoff

Lens were already certain to finish as runners-up and will be in next season's Champions League, with the French Cup final to come against Nice next Friday.

Lyon will still enter the Champions League for the first time since 2020, but will start in the third qualifying round in early August and must come through two ties to reach the league phase.

Otherwise they will drop into the Europa League, a competition which Marseille secured qualification for by beating Rennes 3-1 at the Velodrome.

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Amine Gouiri scored early goals and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang got their third before Esteban Lepaul grabbed a consolation for Rennes, Ligue 1's leading marksman finishing with 21 goals for the season.

That result allowed Marseille to leapfrog Rennes into fifth on goal difference, meaning the Brittany side end in sixth and must now wait to find out which European competition they go into.

If Lens win the French Cup, Rennes will be in the Europa League, but otherwise they will go into the Conference League. If it is the former outcome, seventh-placed Monaco will snatch the last European spot.

Crowd trouble in Nantes

The principality side concluded a disappointing campaign with an astonishing 5-4 defeat away to Strasbourg.

Lamine Camara scored twice for Monaco either side of a Martial Godo goal, before Ansu Fati got a third for the visitors and an Ismael Doukoure own goal made it 4-1 early in the second half.

However, Strasbourg produced a stunning comeback, with Belgian international Diego Moreira reducing the arrears and Sebastian Nanasi netting twice to restore parity. Godo then won it for the home side with his second of the evening late on.

At the bottom, Nice were condemned to a two-legged relegation play-off against Ligue 2 side Saint-Etienne after they could only draw 0-0 with Metz.

That was while relegation rivals Auxerre won in Lille and Le Havre clinched survival by winning 2-0 in Lorient.

Some unhappy Nice fans invaded the pitch at full-time, with their team's Cup final next weekend now overshadowed by that impending play-off.

There were ugly scenes in Nantes, as the already-relegated home team's match with Toulouse was abandoned after angry fans got onto the pitch in the first half, with coach Vahid Halilhodzic attempting to confront some of the invaders.

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But they were dealt a blow when Ousmane Dembele, last year's Ballon d'Or winner and the newly-crowned Ligue 1 player of the season, came off before the half-hour mark in an apparent injury scare.

Lille clinched third place and a return to the Champions League for next season, despite ending the campaign with a 2-0 defeat at home to Auxerre.

Malian international Lassine Sinayoko scored twice for Auxerre, once in each half, as his team secured survival.

Lille finish third because Lyon were not able to take advantage of their defeat -- OL were hammered 4-0 at home by Lens and so have to settle for fourth place.

Wesley Said bagged a brace for Lens and Florian Sotoca got their third in first-half stoppage time, with Florian Thauvin then getting the fourth after the break.

Nice in relegation playoff

Lens were already certain to finish as runners-up and will be in next season's Champions League, with the French Cup final to come against Nice next Friday.

Lyon will still enter the Champions League for the first time since 2020, but will start in the third qualifying round in early August and must come through two ties to reach the league phase.

Otherwise they will drop into the Europa League, a competition which Marseille secured qualification for by beating Rennes 3-1 at the Velodrome.

That result allowed Marseille to leapfrog Rennes into fifth on goal difference, meaning the Brittany side end in sixth and must now wait to find out which European competition they go into.

Crowd trouble in Nantes

The principality side concluded a disappointing campaign with an astonishing 5-4 defeat away to Strasbourg.

Lamine Camara scored twice for Monaco either side of a Martial Godo goal, before Ansu Fati got a third for the visitors and an Ismael Doukoure own goal made it 4-1 early in the second half.

At the bottom, Nice were condemned to a two-legged relegation play-off against Ligue 2 side Saint-Etienne after they could only draw 0-0 with Metz.

That was while relegation rivals Auxerre won in Lille and Le Havre clinched survival by winning 2-0 in Lorient.

Some unhappy Nice fans invaded the pitch at full-time, with their team's Cup final next weekend now overshadowed by that impending play-off.

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PARIS (AP) — Lille dropped points in the race for a Champions League place when it drew 1-1 at home to lowly Le Havre on Sunday.

Lille is in third place but only one point ahead of Lyon and two ahead of Rennes. They played later Sunday. The top three earn an automatic place in next season’s Champions League and the side finishing fourth enters qualifying.

Lille midfielder Hakon Haraldsson put away a neat pass from Matias Fernandez-Pardo in the 28th minute but 14th-place Le Havre equalized soon after through striker Issa Soumaré.

Other matches

Auxerre boosted its chances of staying up with a 3-1 home win over Angers, with striker Sékou Mara scoring twice.

Auxerre remains in 16th place — the relegation-promotion playoff spot with the team finishing third in Ligue 2 — but moved within two points of Nice in 15th. Auxerre’s victory also pushed 17th-place Nantes closer to relegation. Rock-bottom Metz is already relegated.

Paris FC thumped Brest 4-0 at home to continue its fine form under coach Antoine Kombouaré, with 18-year-old midfielder Rudy Matondo scoring twice. Brazilian forward Emersonn grabbed a late winner for Toulouse in a 2-1 win at Strasbourg.

League leader Paris Saint-Germain remains six points ahead of second-place Lens with three games left after both drew on Saturday. Lens hosts PSG on May 13.

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AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer

5d:T5d2,

PARIS (AP) — Lille dropped points in the race for a Champions League place when it drew 1-1 at home to lowly Le Havre on Sunday.

Lille midfielder Hakon Haraldsson put away a neat pass from Matias Fernandez-Pardo in the 28th minute but 14th-place Le Havre equalized soon after through striker Issa Soumaré.

Other matches

Auxerre boosted its chances of staying up with a 3-1 home win over Angers, with striker Sékou Mara scoring twice.

League leader Paris Saint-Germain remains six points ahead of second-place Lens with three games left after both drew on Saturday. Lens hosts PSG on May 13.

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AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer

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PARIS (AP) — Lyon’s hopes of qualifying for next season’s Champions League were further dented on Sunday after a 0-0 draw at Angers in Ligue 1, extending its winless run in all competitions to nine matches.

Looking for a first win since mid-February, Paulo Fonseca’s players were devoid of ideas in a match that offered few chances for both teams.

Lyon has a tough schedule ahead with matches against leader Paris Saint-Germain and second-placed Lens in its remaining six Ligue 1 games. The seven-time champions are currently fifth, two points behind third-placed Lille.

The top three in France qualify directly for the Champions League while the fourth-placed team enters the playoffs.

On Friday, defending champion PSG increased its lead over Lens to four points by beating Toulouse 3-1.

Lens endured an off night on Saturday and was well beaten by northern rival Lille 3-0.

AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer

Looking for a first win since mid-February, Paulo Fonseca’s players were devoid of ideas in a match that offered few chances for both teams.

The top three in France qualify directly for the Champions League while the fourth-placed team enters the playoffs.

On Friday, defending champion PSG increased its lead over Lens to four points by beating Toulouse 3-1.

Lens endured an off night on Saturday and was well beaten by northern rival Lille 3-0.

AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer

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Bradley Barcola scored and Desire Doue had a penalty saved as Paris Saint-Germain held on for a 1-0 win away to Le Havre on Saturday to extend their lead at the top of the Ligue 1 table to four points.

PSG were looking to take advantage of another slip-up by title rivals Lens, who were held to a 1-1 draw away at Strasbourg on Friday to go two games without a win.

Luis Enrique's side duly got the job done with Barcola heading in from a Lee Kang-in cross on 37 minutes for his ninth goal of the season.

It was not a full-strength PSG, with Ousmane Dembele again out injured along with Fabian Ruiz and Joao Neves, while skipper Marquinhos was among the players rested.

Doue came off the bench in the second half and won a penalty with just over 10 minutes remaining, but his kick was kept out by Le Havre goalkeeper Mory Diaw diving to his right -- PSG have converted only five of their 10 spot-kicks this season.

Diaw also produced a fine reaction save from Nuno Mendes while PSG goalkeeper Matfei Safonov made a key stop to deny Issa Soumare at the other end.

"There are no nice and easy games for PSG because every match is important. We need to get players back and improve because we have less confidence than usual at the moment," said Luis Enrique.

The reigning European champions are gearing up for a Champions League last-16 tie against Chelsea and have now won nine out of 10 Ligue 1 games played since the start of December.

"It is the first time we have had a four-point gap at the top so this is a time for us to be happy. It was important to get the win here," added the coach.

Balogun in fine form

Elsewhere in France on Saturday, Rennes made it two wins out of two under new coach Franck Haise as they beat Toulouse 1-0 in Brittany thanks to Arnaud Nordin's first-half goal.

Monaco got back on track after losing to PSG in their Champions League play-off tie as USA star Folarin Balogun and Simon Adingra scored in a 2-0 win over Angers.

Balogun, who is expected to be a key player for the United States at the World Cup, now has 12 goals this season in all competitions, including four in his last four games.

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PSG were looking to take advantage of another slip-up by title rivals Lens, who were held to a 1-1 draw away at Strasbourg on Friday to go two games without a win.

Luis Enrique's side duly got the job done with Barcola heading in from a Lee Kang-in cross on 37 minutes for his ninth goal of the season.

It was not a full-strength PSG, with Ousmane Dembele again out injured along with Fabian Ruiz and Joao Neves, while skipper Marquinhos was among the players rested.

Diaw also produced a fine reaction save from Nuno Mendes while PSG goalkeeper Matfei Safonov made a key stop to deny Issa Soumare at the other end.

"There are no nice and easy games for PSG because every match is important. We need to get players back and improve because we have less confidence than usual at the moment," said Luis Enrique.

The reigning European champions are gearing up for a Champions League last-16 tie against Chelsea and have now won nine out of 10 Ligue 1 games played since the start of December.

"It is the first time we have had a four-point gap at the top so this is a time for us to be happy. It was important to get the win here," added the coach.

Balogun in fine form

Elsewhere in France on Saturday, Rennes made it two wins out of two under new coach Franck Haise as they beat Toulouse 1-0 in Brittany thanks to Arnaud Nordin's first-half goal.

Monaco got back on track after losing to PSG in their Champions League play-off tie as USA star Folarin Balogun and Simon Adingra scored in a 2-0 win over Angers.

Balogun, who is expected to be a key player for the United States at the World Cup, now has 12 goals this season in all competitions, including four in his last four games.

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Veteran striker Olivier Giroud's penalty gave Lille a 1-0 win at Angers on Sunday which put them fifth and snapped a six-match winless streak in Ligue 1.

The 39-year-old former Arsenal and Chelsea forward fired a spot-kick into the bottom corner before the break to score his fifth league goal of the season.

A first win of 2026 sent Lille back into fifth place, three points behind Marseille and eight behind form side Lyon in the third and final direct Champions Leage qualifying spot.

\"Above all it's three points but that will do us all a lot of good mentally,\" Lille captain Benjamin Andre said.

Fellow European hopefuls Rennes followed their 3-1 defeat of leaders Paris Saint-Germain last week with a 3-0 victory at Auxerre to stay level on points with Lille.

Nantes eased their relegation fears with a 2-0 home win over Le Havre, and Nice drew 3-3 with Lorient.

Veteran striker Olivier Giroud's penalty gave Lille a 1-0 win at Angers on Sunday which put them fifth and snapped a six-match winless streak in Ligue 1.

The 39-year-old former Arsenal and Chelsea forward fired a spot-kick into the bottom corner before the break to score his fifth league goal of the season.

A first win of 2026 sent Lille back into fifth place, three points behind Marseille and eight behind form side Lyon in the third and final direct Champions Leage qualifying spot.

\"Above all it's three points but that will do us all a lot of good mentally,\" Lille captain Benjamin Andre said.

Fellow European hopefuls Rennes followed their 3-1 defeat of leaders Paris Saint-Germain last week with a 3-0 victory at Auxerre to stay level on points with Lille.

Nantes eased their relegation fears with a 2-0 home win over Le Havre, and Nice drew 3-3 with Lorient.

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Just three days after taking over as Strasbourg coach, Gary O'Neil started his reign with a 6-0 win at fourth-tier Avranches to reach the last 16 of the French Cup on Saturday.

"It's been a crazy three days," the Englishman said after the game.

"Obviously it moved very, very fast, but today it was important that we got the job done," he added.

Elsewhere, Monaco, winless in Ligue 1 since November, hung on with 10 men before beating third-tier Orleans 3-1.

In Normandy, Strasbourg did not falter after losing one English coach, Liam Rosenior, to Chelsea, and unveiling another one in former Wolves boss O'Neill on Wednesday.

"The scoreline 6-0 makes it look easy, but it's only easy because we did things properly from the moment I came training on Thursday and training yesterday," O'Neil said.

"The way the boys approached the game today, very professional and a good win for everyone."

Strasbourg raced to a three-goal lead in the first half and added three more afer the break as O'Neil made a string of substitutions.

"We were hoping that we would get a lead in the game so that we could make some changes and I could see more of the players. So it was good, I got to see 16 of them today."

"A good first few days and now we get to work. I have enjoyed the last three days."

Monaco, deprived of 10 key players, looked anxious and struggled to impose themselves. They took the lead when Folarin Balogun converted a rare first-half opportunity after 27 minutes.

After Monaco's Stanis Idumbo picked up a second yellow card in the 44th minute, the visitors sat back.

They survived several scares before 19-year-old George Ilenikhena, who had come off the bench to replace Balogun, struck in the 88th minute and again four minutes into added time.

Two minutes later Fahd El Khoumisti gave the hosts a consolation goal.

"The main thing was to qualify. The spirit of the team, playing 10 against 11, was remarkable," said Monaco coach Sebastien Pocognoli.

In Angers, Norwegian goalkeeper Kjetil Haug stopped two spot kicks as Toulouse won a clash of Ligue 1 clubs in a shoot-out.

The game between Ligue 1 leaders Lens and third-tier Sochaux was postponed to Sunday because of snow.

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