With a six-point lead and a comfortable goal difference, the capital club is (almost) champion of France. With their success against AJ Auxerre (1-2), they have reduced the suspense to the skin of sorrow.

The Parisians will have a new title ball in the boiling atmosphere of Strasbourg next Saturday, before hosting Clermont on June 3, on the final day. Many are talking about the worst season under the Qatari era. The probable future coronation will serve to heal the wounds, a little.