PSG beats Brest to almost seal a 14th Ligue 1 title, race for Champions League spot heats up

by | May 10, 2026 | Sports

PARIS — Désiré Doué’s late goal earned Paris Saint-Germain a 1-0 home win over Brest on Sunday and all but sealed a record-extending 14th Ligue 1 title.PSG leads second-place Lens by six points and only needs a draw when they meet in their rescheduled game on Wednesday, after which comes the final round next Sunday.If PSG loses twice and Lens wins both its matches, Lens could mathematically win the title on goal difference but PSG has a far superior goal difference of +44 compared to +29.Doué picked up a pass on the left side of the penalty area and skipped past three players before bending a fine shot into the bottom right corner in the 83rd minute of a mostly dull contest.With heavy rain falling at Parc des Princes, the game was briefly held up in the first half when a technical glitch prevented communication between referee Jérôme Brisard and his assistants.Lens beat Nantes 1-0 on Friday, guaranteeing a spot in next season’s Champions League and relegating eight-time French champion Nantes to Ligue 2.The top three earn an automatic place in next season’s Champions League and the last spot will be contested by Lille, Lyon and Rennes next Sunday.Lille is in third after grinding out a 1-0 win at Monaco courtesy of an own-goal from Monaco captain Denis Zakaria with 20 minutes left.That moved Lille one point ahead of Lyon, which lost 2-1 at Toulouse, and two points clear of fifth-place Rennes, which rallied to a 2-1 win against Paris FC. Esteban Lepaul netted his league-leading 20t …

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