Eight teams are fighting for the European Cup in France! Lille increase their chances of qualifying for the Champions League with a win over Lens

Lille defended their fourth place at home against Lens in an important match and even jumped to third place. The situation in the French Ligue 1 is still very interesting thanks to this match, the weekend matches will tell us more.

Friday’s preliminary game of the 27th round of the French Ligue 1 was taken by Lille, who challenged Lens at their home stadium in Derby du Nord. The match was also important because of the European cups, which both teams are fighting for.

We witnessed three goals in the match, with the first coming in the 9th minute. Nabil Bentaleb found Kosovo forward Edon Zhegrova, who surprised the defenders with a cross and then headed it into the net.

Facundo Medina then received a red card, but the referee cancelled it after consulting the video and the game resumed with 11 players on both sides. Lille increased their lead when they returned to the turf.

Gabriel Gudmundsson was still unable to challenge the Lens goalkeeper, but the ball rebounded to Zhegrove, who scored his second goal of the game. Elye Wahi scored to make it 2-1.

Situation in Ligue 1

This result means only one thing, Lille have defended their fourth place and moved up to third place, at least temporarily. They are currently just one point behind second-placed Brest and only one point ahead of Monaco.

However, both opponents still have games to play in this round. Brest travel to Lorient, who are fighting to stay in the first league, and Monaco play a match in Metis, who are second to last and need every point.

The most interesting game of this round is on Sunday night when Marseille host PSG at home. The Parisians are comfortably on course for the league title, while Marseille are fighting for the European Cup.

They are currently seventh and three points behind Lens, who failed to score against Lille. However, Nice, currently fifth, Rennes, eighth, and Reims, ninth, are also fighting for the cups. The end of Ligue 1 will be interesting.

Source: Ligue 1