"Farmers League". This is how some football fans from across the Channel and North America disdainfully call Ligue 1. According to them, the only interest of the "Farmers' League" is to see its clubs "nurture" (train) talents. - or cultivate young shoots to remain in the agricultural metaphor -, intended to fill the ranks of the teams of other championships, that of England in priority.
Collecting trophies in a Farm. (Farmers League) Deep one. @ BleacherReportpic.twitter.com / jU8VjBngoj
- LA Pioché 6⃣® (@Umar_kabir_) August 1, 2020Mocked and judged to be far below the Premier League, Spanish Liga, Italian Serie A and German Bundesliga, our good old first division has yet to show two clubs in the semi-finals of the Champions League this year: PSG, scorer of Leipzig in the quarterfinals final (2-1), and Lyon, unexpected winner on Saturday over English ogre Manchester City (3-1). A historic result for French football which pushed Kylian Mbappé to chamber critics of Ligue 1 on Twitter on Saturday evening. "FARMERS LEAGUE" simply wrote the crack of PSG in capital letters. His message is accompanied by two emoticons: a clown's face in the direction of the contemptors of L1 and applause for OL.
FARMERS LEAGUE
@OL
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