Struggling Reims shocked Marseille 3-1 on Saturday, opening the door to Paris Saint-Germain to win the Ligue 1 title later within the day.
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Keito Nakamura gave Reims a shock lead halfway via the primary half, earlier than Mamadou Diakhon and Valentin Atangana added to the guests’ distress.
Valentin Rongier scored a spectacular purpose to offer Marseille hope within the last quarter-hour, however Roberto De Zerbi’s aspect misplaced additional floor on leaders PSG and are actually 19 factors behind in second.
The reigning champions are in motion afterward Saturday at lowly Saint-Etienne and, in the event that they win, will wrap up the league title ought to fourth-placed Good draw at third-placed Monaco within the day’s last match.
Reims broke via within the twenty ninth minute when Nakamura turned within the field and fired into the underside nook for his ninth league purpose this time period.
Adrien Rabiot appeared to have struck again for Marseille 9 minutes later just for his purpose certain header from a nook to be diverted to security by the brow of a retreating Sergio Akieme.
Regardless of their utter dominance because the match progressed, issues went from unhealthy to worse for Marseille as Reims broke on 51 minutes to double their lead.
Nakamura turned supplier this time, galloping onto Junya Ito’s go and prodding the ball to Diakhon, who rounded the final protecting defender earlier than ending emphatically.
The relegation battlers then had De Zerbi scratching his chin in disbelief on the sideline after they netted their third with simply over 20 minutes remaining.
Reims struck once more on the counter as Atangana raced onto Hafiz Ibrahim’s throughball and slotted previous Geronimo Rulli.
On 78 minutes, Rongier acquired the ball close to the Reims field and surged ahead, swerving between two challenges, earlier than smashing the ball dwelling.
Nonetheless, the breakthrough got here too late for the would-be title contenders as Reims held agency to see out a significant three factors.
The upset leaves Reims nonetheless in fifteenth spot, however with a five-point buffer between themselves and the relegation play-off place.
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