Sunday, May 9, 2021 at 11:10 PM• Yanick Vos • Last update: 23:12

Paris Saint-Germain lost expensive points in the battle for the championship on Sunday evening. The team of trainer Mauricio Pochettino did not get further than a 1-1 draw against Stade Rennes. With two league games to go and a three-point lead, the league title beckons for leader Lille OSC.

Lille had done what it was supposed to do on a visit to Lens on Friday evening. Rudi Garcia’s team won 0-3 and thus took an important step towards the championship. PSG could not afford a point loss on Sunday evening, but still stumbled over Stade Rennes. It didn’t look like that halfway through the game. The visitors from Paris took the lead from eleven meters on the stroke of half time. After a foul by Layvin Kurzawa, the ball hit the spot on the advice of the VAR. Neymar took advantage of the opportunity: 0-1.

PSG, where Mitchel Bakker sat on the bench for ninety minutes and Kylian Mbappé was missing due to a suspension, failed to walk away from the number seven of the rankings after the break. With twenty minutes left on the clock, it was precisely the home team that tied the score. From a corner by Chimuanya Ugochukwu, it was Sehrou Guirassy who worked 1-1 behind Keylor Navas with a hard header. PSG could not manage to force the winning goal, which led to frustration among the visitors.

After a repulsion from PSG, Stade Rennes attacker Jérémy Doku thought of an outbreak. Presnel Kimbembe prevented a counterattack with a hard foul on the sidelines. The PSG defender was able to take a shower with a direct red card in his pocket. With one man less, Pochettino’s team no longer claimed the winning goal. Due to the draw, Lille has the best cards to cash in the championship. For PSG, the disaster week is complete after Manchester City proved too strong in the semi-finals of the Champions League last Wednesday.

Stade Reims – AS Monaco 0-1
On a visit to mid-engine Reims, the Monegasken got off the starting blocks with difficulty. Until the twentieth minute, Monaco had not yet been close to the hostile goal, but Eliot Matazo broke the spell anyway. Wissam Ben Yedder delivered a tailor-made pass to the attacker, who put his team to 0-1 with a ticker. Just before half time, referee Antony Gautier decided to award a penalty to Monaco after a foul by Wout Faes. However, after watching the video images, the decision was reversed: no penalty kick. In the second company, Reims still had chances of a hit via Mathieu Cafaro and Faes, although the equalizer was no longer found. On behalf of the visitors, Aurélien Tchouaméni was unfortunate in the final phase.