In the past season, a title three-fight raged in the French Ligue - after 34 out of 38 match days, the counterparties Lille (73), Paris (72) and Monaco (71) were only two points apart. As a first team, the AS Monaco had to tear off coach Niko Kovac after a 2: 3 against Lyon, Paris dropped at the 36th match at 1: 1 at Stade Rennes feathers. Although the startup group came from the capital about coach Mauricio Pochettino a round later after Lilles 0: 0 against St. Etienne again to a point again, but on the last matchday Losc with a sovereign 2: 1 against Angers was the total fifth championship title And do not take the first after 2011 - and struck Topfavorit PSG a snippet. A champion, with which only the few had expected before the season.
Smaller upheaval at Lille including new trainer
After the title win, many feared a great change in the financially attacked northern franzos. Although midfield politician played Boubakary Soumaré Leicester City and also the number one in the gate, Mike Maignan, is away (AC Milan), but defense chief José Fonte, who had contributed significantly to that Lille set the best defensive of Ligue 1 ( 23), as well as the three best scorers - the two Turkish international Burak Yilmaz (16 Goals) and Yusuf Yazici (7) and Canadian Jonathan David (13) - could be kept. Whether this will remain so until the end of the transfer period remains to be seen.
However, his master coach Christophe Galtier lost Losc to League Competition Nice. As a successor, something surprising Jocelyn Gourvennec was conjured up from the hat. Surprisingly because of that, because the 49-year-old has not coached a team for two years and finally worked as a TV expert. However, the former Ligue 1 professional has achieved quite remarkable in its coaching railway: So Gourvennec EA Guingamp once led from the 3rd league to Ligue 1 and won the French trophy sensationally in 2014. A title defense with Lille would not be less spectacular. The master starts on Sunday at FC Metz in the season (5 pm).
More stars for PSG
Paris St. Germain, who is the National PotAvorit before each season, in the summer, on the other hand, revited once again and tented the already with Stars specticked squad more well-known players: Achraf Hakimi (Inter Milan, 60 million euros), Danilo Pereira ( FC Porto, 16 million euros), Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milan), Georginio Wijnaldum (FC Liverpool) and Real Icon Sergio Ramos (all free transfer) changed to the Seine. So not only the championship title is to go back to the capital, but finally also the Champions League will be won. That all this does not work from the alone showed up a week ago in the French Supercup.
The international top transfers of the summer
Eight times in a row, the winner was the last PSG, but this time the pochettino-eleven had to be beaten without numerous regular players again and again Lille. The golden goal for the reigning master scored the midfielmann Xeka returned to Dijon after his lending. Although PSG will probably not compete in this formation anymore, yet the 0: 1 defeat was a serious warning before the starting game at promoted troyes on Saturday evening (21 clock).
Who else can intervene in the title fight?
For a long time the AS Monaco dreamed from the first championship title since 2017, ultimately, the eleven of Niko Kovac at the end of the season, however, went out the puffs. For Monaco, the seriousness has already begun again, the counterparties Lilles from the Principality are demanded in the 3rd qualifying round to the Champions League against Sparta Prague. In the first leg in Prague, the Monaco won 2-0, Bayern loan Alexander Nübel celebrated his debut, Em-driver Kevin Volland met to the final score. Together with Wissam Ben Yedder (20 hits), Volland (16) had achieved almost half of all Monaco league in the preseason (47 percent). Both also go in the opening game on Friday against Nantes (21 clock, live! At counterparties Lille) again together on goals.
The Champions League collection will succeed in this summer about the play-offs, in the coming season gladly again, it goes after the club guide: Monaco rose his squad with attacker Myron Boadu (20, for 17 million euros from Alkmaar), midfielder Jean Lucas (23, eleven million euros, Lyon) and Ismail Jakobs (21, 7.5 million euros, Cologne) expensive.
Lyon without deepay, but with Bosc
Another earlier than Monaco Olympique Lyon had passed himself from the title race. The team around Memphis Depay landed at the end on fourth place with seven points behind Lille. At OL there was a bigger upheaval in the summer, most of all the departure of Depay pain, the offensive freedom in the past season in 37 played in 20 hits. Next to the playing field, something has happened in Lyon: Peter Bosz followed Rudi Garcia, who had resigned from his office after the missed qualification for the Champions League. How far the team is already without your offensive leader deepay, this shows on Saturday from 5 pm when Ol Stade receives Brest.
Whether the championship fight of Ligue 1 promises high voltage in the coming season until the last matchday, which may be doubted in view of the now larger density at Stars in the Paris squad. It speaks much that the empire will fall back with all the power - but the signs were similar one year ago. And after 38 matches triumphed a collective without the big Megastars.
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