Ligue 1: Marseille and Monaco in the Champions League, salvation postponed until the last minute

Paris 12 May 2025 - It was a beautiful sprint for the Champions League and after the psg, two more teams crossed the finish line, obtaining qualification. After the Parisians, also Marseille e Monaco next year they will represent France in the championship phase of the top competition Uefa. The results of this penultimate day of Ligue 1 reward the two most consistent teams, the only ones that, at different times, have really tried to challenge the leadership of the Parisians. No verdict in the relegation zone. The hopes for Le Havre e St. Etienne have not yet faded, by virtue of this weekend's results. 

The outcome of the weekend's matches

In a gesture that will also be replicated by the Serie A, the Ligue 1 has chosen to play all the matches of this thirty-third round at the same time, to be precise at 21pm on Saturday night. Only two draws in this round, both of which came with a score of 1-1. Toulouse held the Lens, while the Nantes earns a very precious point for its permanence in the top division. At home ofAuxerre in fact the yellow-greens are +2 from Le Havre third from last and +3 from St. Etienne: with a draw in the last, where their opponent will be the already relegated Montpellier, "The Yellow House", will remain in Ligue 1. For the Montpellier The last day will be the last trip to the top league in these years, the home parade was in fact consumed this day, where the team from the south of France surrendered 1-4 to psg, which thus celebrates reaching the final of Champions League.

In the safety zone, the winsAngers and ensures its mathematical permanence in the top league. To everyone's surprise, the Strasbourg, beaten 2-1 at the home of the Bianconeri. Instead, they lose Stade Reims, perhaps already projected to the final of French Cup, but not yet safe. The red and whites fall 0-2 in the match against St. Etienne and keep the black and greens in the running for salvation. To keep the black and greens alive, however, the right combination of results was needed and one of these was that of Le Havre. A success for the Salamanders would have in fact condemned the black and greens, but at the Stade Océane they celebrate the Marseille with a 1-3 that at the triple whistle, launches directly into Champions League the team of Robert De Zerbi.

But there is not only theOM to have earned the pass to the top European competition. The Monaco at the Stade Louis II super by 2-0 the Lyon and it also signs its return to the Champions League. The defeats of Nice a Rennes for 2-0 and above all of the Lille by 2-0 at home Stade Brest in fact it pushes the Nice and the Northern French mastiffs mathematically out of the first three positions. The last day in many cross-matches will then be an open fight for the fourth place, the one valid for the preliminaries, with four teams still all in for this fight. 

Ligue 1 matchday 33 results

Angers-Strasbourg 2-1: 15' Lepaul (A), 43' Bakwa (S), 48' Lepaul (A).

Auxerre Nantes 1-1: 45' Perrin (A), 62' Leroux (N).

Stade Brest-Lille 2-0: 42' Ajorque, 64' Doumbia.

Le Havre-Olympique Marseille 1-3: 56' Gouiri (M), 66' Soumaré (H), 85' Greenwood (M), 90+9' Gouiri (M).

Monaco-Olympique Lyon 2-0: 62' Minamino, 68' Zakaria.

Montpellier-Psg 1-4: 44' Mayulu (P), 49' and 59' pen. Ramos (P), 64' Coulibaly (M), 65' Ramos (P).

Stade Reims-St. Etienne 0-2: 3' Tardieu, 41' Cardona.

Rennes-Nice 2-0: 15' and 80' Kalimuendo.

Toulouse-Lens 1-1: 47' Gboho (T), 61' El Aynaoui (L).

Ligue 1 standings matchday 33

Psg 81, Ol. Marseille 62, Monaco 61, Nice 57, Lille 57, Strasbourg 57, Ol. Lyon 54, Stade Brest 50, Lens 49, Auxerre 42, Rennes 41, Toulouse 39, Angers 36, Stade Reims 33, Nantes 33, Le Havre 31, St. Etienne 30, Montpellier 16.

Il psg he is arithmetically Champion of France. Olympique Marseille e Monaco are arithmetically qualified for the next edition of Champions League. The Montpellier is arithmetically relegated to Ligue 2.