Ligue 1: "Lille will be French champion ahead of PSG", says Jérôme Cazadieu of "L'Equipe"

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Here we are.

After a breathtaking final sprint in recent weeks between the top four in the standings - Lille, Paris Saint-Germain, Monaco and Lyon - the French football championship will end its 2020/2021 season this Sunday evening.

For this 38th and final day of Ligue 1, all matches are scheduled at 9 p.m.

At the bottom of the table, the fight will be bitter for maintenance.

But all eyes are obviously on the top.

If they win at Angers, Lille will win the title no matter what.

"Lille will go to win in Angers and Lille will be champion of France in front of the PSG", predicts Jérôme Cazadieu, editor of the newspaper

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"You don't win a championship if you don't have the best defense"

For him, Lille will therefore keep its first place "even if the PSG will probably win, too, in Brest."

A first place that would be deserved in view of the course of Lille.

"Lille was the most regular team of the season, more regular in particular than Paris at home, where Paris lost a lot of games", comments Jérôme Cazadieu.

In addition, "Lille was better against the bigger ones," he said.

"And above all, Lille had a regularity which was explained by its ability to always have a solid defense. It is the best defense in the championship and, somewhere, we do not win a championship if we do not have the best defense. "

The editorial director of the newspaper 

believes that PSG has not always been in top form in the league. "Paris had too many difficulties at home this season. They lost to Monaco, to Lyon, to Lille ... You can't be champion by losing so much at home." Jérôme Cazadieu also points to "too regular absences, in particular that of Neymar, who has played less than 20 games this season in Ligue 1." "PSG can not afford to play without its two stars to hope to win the championship," he concludes.