Paris (AFP)

Suspense always guaranteed in Ligue 1: Lille tamed Paris SG at the Parc des Princes (1-0) to regain the lead and Monaco, winner of Metz (4-0), climbed on the podium (3rd), Saturday for the 31st day.

It only remains to wait for the result of Lyon, which can return to Monaco if it wins in Lens (9:00 p.m.) on a day when all the members of the leading quartet were on stage.

But it was Lille who played the best score, regaining all their aggressiveness to beat PSG, thanks to a goal from Jonathan David (20).

Neymar, tenured for the first time since February 19, after his groin injury, was excluded at the very end of a meeting where he did not do anything good.

He will miss a few meetings of the final sprint, a blow for PSG in the defense of its title.

Because this season Paris does not fly.

The French Championship has been the tightest for many years, what a pity that the pandemic has emptied the stadiums and that there is no one in the stands to vibrate.

If Rudi Garcia's team wins at Bollaert, the leading square will still hold four points.

Le Losc (66 points) takes three steps ahead of Paris (63 pts), seven matches from the end, and will have to don the costume of favorite.

Envy, the regained collective discipline, got the better of an apathetic PSG, which badly prepared its Champions League quarter-final first leg in Munich on Wednesday against Bayern.

PSG have lost their three matches at the Parc against the other teams in the top four.

Beaten by OM and Nantes, he lost five times at home, a record under the Qatari era.

- Monaco, rhythm of champion

The lesson inflicted on Lyon (4-2) just before the international break seemed to have sounded the awakening of the boss, who had taken over the lead of Ligue 1 that night on goal difference.

Four days earlier the "boss" had corrected Lille (3-0) in the Coupe de France and thought to confirm his status this Saturday.

Patatras.

PSG will now have to look behind because OL (4th) can come back to their height, left behind only by a less good goal difference (+45 for Paris, +29 for Lyon before going to Lens).

And Monaco, who have beaten PSG twice this season, are also advancing at a champion's pace.

ASM folded in two minutes long resistant Messins thanks to a penalty from Cesc Fabregas (49th) then a new goal from Kevin Volland (51st).

Then Wissam Ben Yedder took care of his team's goal difference (+26) with his first goals in a month and a half (76th, 89th sp).

Braked in Strasbourg (1-0) then held in check by Losc (0-0), Monaco thus confirms its regain of form after a convincing 4-0 inflicted on Saint-Étienne just before the international break.

On the other hand, Metz, who took only one point out of 12 possible, falls into line (9th).

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