Ligue 1 Review | Champions League chase tightens as inconsistency leaves race wide open
Paris Saint-Germain’s third draw in a row in Ligue 1 should have been a far more concerning story for the league leaders than it was. However, Stade Brestois slipping to their first defeat since November, meant Les Parisiens ended the weekend with a ten-point gap on the current runners-up.
All of this has led to a gloomy title race in France as even when PSG finally stutter and look to teeter on the edge of internal turmoil, none of their nearest rivals are close enough to increase the pressure on Luis Enrique’s men. And yet if you look just below the title at the gathering cluster bunched all together you can see something exciting building as an end-of-season sprint takes its first steps.
11 points separates second from ninth, and each of these teams have a reasonable case to make for securing European football next season, and yet three of these teams will have to miss out. Each weekend is filled with crucial fixtures as just under half the league looks to land glancing blows on their nearest rivals all squashed up beside them.
And with the extra place provided to France due to the Champions League expansion from 32 teams to 36, the race for Europe’s most prestigious tournament looks to be firing up with only nine games remaining.
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