The French Championship has its eyes riveted on its classic, at the Parc des Princes at 8:45 p.m., between the Parisian leader and its Marseille runner-up, already separated by twelve points before the end of the 32nd day.

Before the summit of the weekend, the Sunday of L1 has already smiled on another candidate for qualification in the Champions League, Nice, which tore away to dominate Lorient, 16th.

Already a scorer from the penalty spot, Delort freed his team in the 88th minute with a header, saving the Niçois a fifth game in a row without a win and allowing them to believe in the podium again.

Rennes, 3rd and beaten by Monaco 3-2 on Friday, only has a two-point lead over the people of Nice, and three over the Monegasques.

Monaco (6th) and Nice (4th) also have an appointment on Wednesday for a Riviera derby with a taste of Europe at Louis-II, while only the first three places in the ranking offer a ticket for the Champions League or its qualifying phases.

The C1 is also what Strasbourg is aiming for, even if he does not admit it publicly.

And the Alsatians missed the opportunity to take 4th place.

In Troyes, they were joined at the end of the game, despite a penalty from Habib Diallo.

Here they are fifth, tied with Monaco.

The Strasbourg-Rennes clash on Wednesday will also be very expensive.

Four draws

A small gap seems to be forming between the top 6 and the rest of the ranking, especially since Lens' victory in the derby du Nord in Lille (2-1) on Saturday, which put the Sang et Or ahead of their Lille rivals, but everything likewise three lengths from Strasbourg and Monaco.

The Trojans celebrate Florian Tardieu's goal against Strasbourg, April 17, 2022 at the Stade de l'Aube FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI AFP

Lyon (10th), opposed to Bordeaux (19th) in the afternoon (5:05 p.m.), is part of this group of distanced and must absolutely win to continue to believe in Europe.

The second part of the table is still undecided: with the exception of Lorient, all the teams playing on Sunday have drawn, stagnating in the standings.

The most disappointed will undoubtedly be the Clermontois (18th), who evolved in numerical superiority for almost an hour against the red lantern Messina.

But the Auvergnats have failed to push the Moselle (1-1), they retain their five-point lead over them.

Montpellier and Reims, not threatened by the red zone, parted back to back (0-0), like Nantes and Angers (1-1).

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