PSG regains its crown.
Dethroned by Lille last season, the band of Mauricio Pochettino secured the title of champion of France this Saturday by taking a point against Lens (1-1), at the Parc des Princes, during the 34th day of Ligue 1. A title that will not heal all the wounds in Paris, after the pitiful elimination in the Champions League.
Especially since Paris-SG has often walked on alternating current, seeming to be looking for the right formula throughout a painful 2021-22 campaign in many respects, with the added bonus of the loss of the Champions Trophy and a premature elimination in French Cup, from the 8th.
The disappointment is all the greater as expectations were increased tenfold after a flashy recruitment last summer (Messi, Ramos, Hakimi…).
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Fortunately for the Rouge et Bleu, there was Kylian Mbappé, top scorer (22) and best passer (14) in Ligue 1, a strong propensity to never let go and to take points in the last minutes of matches and a career almost perfect at the Parc des Princes (16 wins, 1 draw).
Fortunately also that no rival worthy of the name has emerged.
Marseille, Rennes, Nice, Monaco, Lyon or the defending champions Lille simply did not have the weapons to even worry this PSG, which quickly got everyone to agree by taking the reins from the start. third day of L1 and winning its first eight French league matches.
There was hardly any suspense in this Ligue 1 2021-22 overflown by a small PSG.
Tasteless but historic
From there to speak of a tasteless title, there is only one step, even if the Parisians obviously did not steal anything.
Especially since the grumbling of the Ultras broke the mood.
Moreover, the disenchantment goes further than the Collectif Ultras Paris, many Parisian fans not really having the heart to celebrate... The fact remains that the CUP, still silent, had promised to leave the podium at the 75th minute, if the score was acquired, just to celebrate the title and "
an end to the season during which only the supporters were up to it
".
Promise kept.
Sadness...
Tasteless, perhaps, but historic: after 1986, 1994 and the first seven titles of the Qatari era (2013-16, 2018-20), Paris Saint-Germain won a tenth trophy.
As much as AS Saint-Etienne, national record holder, more than OM (9), Nantes, Monaco (8) or Lyon (7).
Mbappé, Marquinhos, Verratti and company therefore allow the club to consolidate its status as a great player in France, failing to have offered it a place on the roof of Europe.
We will have to wait a little longer.
Remember that Paris, the only French winner of a European Cup with OM, the Coupe des Coupes in 1996, is also the national record holder in the Coupe de France (14), the Champions Trophy (10) and in the now defunct Cup of the League (9).
For a club born in 1970, it's a feat.
Except that for the "Qatar-SG", winning is not enough.
And he does
