The club from the capital drew 1-1 with Lens in front of their home crowd on Saturday and with four games to go they can no longer be ousted from the top. For the star ensemble, which was funded with oil millions from Qatar, it was the eighth title since 2013, only in 2017 and 2021 did you get nothing.
Lionel Messi put the Parisians ahead with a remarkable long-range shot (68′), 20 minutes later Corentin Jean equalized for the guests, who were only ten on the field at the time. The Austrian Kevin Danso saw yellow-red after two fouls on Neymar (57th).
A few hours earlier, rioting supporters in Ligue 1 had again caused negative headlines. AS Saint-Etienne’s match against AS Monaco was interrupted in the 67th minute after incidents in the stands. After firecrackers were set off, referee Bastien Dechepy sent the two teams into the dressing room with Monaco 3-1.
After around half an hour, during which the referees also spoke to local authorities, the game was kicked off again. Thanks to another goal, Monaco finally won 4-1, for the third in the table it was the sixth win in a row.
Source: Nachrichten
