• Lille won 2-1 Sunday night on the final day of Ligue 1.

  • Lille OSC is officially champion of France with a small point ahead of PSG.

  • A fourth title for the club, greeted with euphoria in Lille.

After the emotion, the pride. Winners without trembling on Sunday night in Angers (2-1), the Lille managed to win the club's fourth French championship title, ten years straight after a memorable double cup-championship. And what if bad tongues say that this feat is mainly due to the wanderings of Paris SG this season. For the northerner coach, Christophe Galtier, the Losc "is not a small champion".

“My players had a great championship, 83 points is the club's absolute record.

We finished ahead of Paris, Monaco, Lyon… We weren't always very handsome but we played with our qualities, our heart, our generosity.

I will remember that this season.

The group has done an exceptional job with an exceptional staff, all the employees, the team behind the team because everything is in place so that the team and the staff are in the best conditions.

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The victory in Paris in March, the "turning point"

Elected Sunday best coach in Ligue 1, Christophe Galtier admits not always having believed in the title, or even in the podium. “After our loss to Nîmes in mid-March, I honestly thought that these missing points were going to cost us dearly in the race for the Champions League. Obviously, the turning point is our victory in Paris (1-0 on April 3), with a very receptive, determined group. I saw brothers, a real family in the locker room from the preparation for this match. The turnaround in Lyon is also a turning point. In major events, the group has always responded present. "

Christophe Galtier, who repeated that he "does not realize" what has just happened, concluded the post-match press conference with a confession: "it is perhaps the first time in my life that I am proud of myself ”. The same feeling of accomplished duty tinged with a touch of incredulity in Captain José Fonte. " It is hard to believe. The whole team has been amazing. This title means 12 months of sacrifices, 12 months of work… We have shown that we are a real team. This championship is very difficult. For me, this is the peak of my career. Almost at the same level as my title at Euro 2016 [European Championship with Portugal in the final against France] ”.

As for the immediate future of Lille, it promises to be unbridled.

“We want to party with the supporters, celebrate it with them on the Grand Place,” assures José Fonte.

Football is nothing without supporters.

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