Football: the stop of Ligue 1 acted, PSG sacred

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The Professional Football League (LFP) followed this Thursday, April 30, the health injunctions of the French government by effecting the final cessation of the Ligue 1 season. Paris Saint-Germain is crowned champion.

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Two days after the announcements of French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe , the board of directors of the Professional Football League (LFP) has acted, this Thursday, April 30, the stopping of the championships of Ligue 1 and Ligue 2.

The method of calculating the classification retained is that which was recommended for the amateur championships by Noël Le Graët, the president of the French Federation (FFF), namely a quotient "number of points per match played" . Unsurprisingly, Paris Saint-Germain is crowned champion of France for the ninth time. The club of the capital joins Olympique de Marseille in the charts and is approaching one length from the AS Saint-Étienne record (10 titles).

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Accompanying PSG in the Champions League, OM, a good runner, will find this competition for the first time since 2013. Rennes, third, is qualified at least for the play-offs. The Breton club will have the opportunity to take part in the most prestigious of European competitions for the first time in its history.

For its part, Lille will be content with the Europa League. Nice and Reims, fifth and sixth, could join the Nord club in the event that there is no possibility of playing in the Cup finals. Meetings for which the "objective" is that they be organized in early August before the start of the 2020-2021 season set "at the latest" , on August 22 and 23, according to the LFP.

Lyon deprived of Europe for the moment

The big loser in this ranking is therefore Olympique Lyonnais, seventh and in the state, deprived of the European Cup for the first time in more than twenty years. For OL to be European in 2020-2021, the final of the League Cup would have to take place, and the Lyonnais beat Paris Saint-Germain during this meeting. The equation is identical for Saint-Etienne opposed to PSG in the final of the Coupe de France.

Finally, Toulouse and Amiens will be relegated, and Lorient and Lens promoted from L2, which may herald a wave of litigation before the sports and administrative justice.

The final classification of the 2019/2020

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