Marseille and Monaco seal Champions League spots

Lagging one level behind Marseille, Monaco sealed their 18th win – 2-0 over Lyon – with targets from Takumi Minamino and Denis Zakaria and had been additionally assured to complete among the many high three groups.

The primary three qualify for the group stage of the Champions League, and the fourth crew seize a spot within the qualifying rounds.

Gouiri scored Marseille’s opener after halftime and the match was stopped quickly after due to crowd hassle. Urgent to stay within the high flight, Le Havre pushed onerous for an equaliser and bought it when Issa Soumaré beat goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli from Josue Casimir’s help.

Greenwood’s very good curled strike from exterior the field put the guests again on monitor and Gouiri gave extra lustre to the win in added time on the break.

“At the start of the season, we had trouble playing at the Velodrome…,” Marseille coach Roberto De Zerbi mentioned. “We talked about it. The aim was to stay together, united, without putting football first. We spent some time together. We worked a lot on uniting the team and that showed on the pitch.”

After getting previous Arsenal midweek to achieve the Champions League closing, PSG coach Luis Enrique rested seven gamers: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Achraf Hakimi, Marquinhos, Nuno Mendes, Willian Pacho, Fabian Ruiz and Vitinha.

Senny Mayulu, an 18-year-old midfielder, was given a begin and didn’t disappoint to place PSG forward earlier than halftime with a strong strike. Ramos made it 2-0 off a deflection, and added one other purpose from the spot.

Having received the league with six video games to spare, PSG are aiming for his or her first ever treble. Along with the Champions League closing in opposition to Inter Milan on Might 31, Enrique’s crew could have one other shot at extra silverware in opposition to Reims the week earlier than within the French Cup closing.

Behind Marseille and Monaco, three groups had been stage on factors; Good, Lille and Strasbourg, who all misplaced on Saturday. Seventh-placed Lyon can nonetheless goal for the fourth spot however might want to win in opposition to Angers hoping that the trio of groups all lose.

On the backside of the standings, last-placed Montpellier had been already demoted. There was nonetheless a glimmer of hope for Saint-Etienne, who received at Reims 2-0. They remained within the relegation zone however only one level behind Sixteenth-placed Le Havre, who had been within the relegation playoffs spot.