Paris (AFP)
Monaco strengthened its chances by finishing the season in “runner-up” in the French Football League, after its great victory over its guest, Clermont-Ferrand, 4-1, in the thirty-second stage.
Japanese Takumi Minamino (16), Swiss Brielle Embolo (37), and Wissam Ben Yedder (57 and 87) took turns scoring the goals of the emirate team, versus a goal scored by Austrian Mohamed Sham for the loser (34).
Monaco raised its score to 61 points in second place, temporarily four points behind Brest, which tied with Nantes 0-0, and seven points behind Paris Saint-Germain, which won the title, and whose match with Nice was postponed to make room for preparations for facing its German guest, Borussia Dortmund, on Tuesday, in the second leg of the semi-final. The Champions League final “lost 0-1 in the first leg in Dortmund.”
As for Clermont-Ferrand, its chances of survival have become very weak, with the possibility of competing in the playoffs only after its score froze at 25 points, and it is now eight points away from Nantes, the “safe” fifteenth, and 4 points away from Metz, which fell to its guest Rennes 2-3 with a late goal.
Georgian George Mikotadze (17), who was later expelled, Senegalese Pape Diallo (45) for Metz, Algerian Amine Gouiri (23), Benjamin Borrego (73 from a penalty kick), and Aronou Kalimwendo (93) scored for Rennes.
Rennes rose to seventh place with 45 points, one point behind Marseille, eighth, and Lyon, ninth, who respectively play Rennes on the 15th of this month and on Monday night.
Brest settled for a goalless draw with its guest Nantes, who obtained an important point in the struggle for survival.
Brest, which competed with Saint-Germain for many weeks, failed to achieve the second win in a row, raising its score to 57 points in third place, and it became possible for it to lose its position and qualify for the Champions League if Lille wins over Lyon.
As for Nantes, it got 33 points in 14th place after its second draw in a row.
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