Paris Saint-Germain secured a record-breaking tenth French league title after beating ten-man RC Lens 1-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday.
Lionel Messi gave PSG the lead midway through the second half before Corentin Jean struck a late equalizer for the visitors who saw Kevin Danso sent off early in the second half.
PSG have 78 points with four games to go and lead by 16 points ahead of second-placed Olympique de Marseille, who play their game in hands at the Stade de Reims on Sunday.
PSG equaled St Etienne’s record of winning ten league titles between 1957 and 1981.
However, the Ligue 1 title win was no cause for celebration for some Ultra fans, who left the Parc des Princes 15 minutes before the final whistle, still frustrated by the team’s early elimination from the Champions League. PSG were eliminated in the round of 16 after losing a 2-0 aggregate lead against Real Madrid in 15 minutes.
Fans from the stands at Boulogne and Auteuil again showed no support, despite the team having won their last four games, scoring 16 goals.
PSG were under pressure early on but came to life after 20 minutes as an exchange of blows between Messi, Kylian Mbappé and Neymar almost bore fruit as the Brazilian narrowly missed a low shot from the box.
Achraf Hakimi was denied by Jean-Louis Leca and Mbappé missed two clear chances as the hosts increased the pace, but Lens also threatened through Seko Fofana and Jonathan Clauss. PSG were whistled at by the spectators at half-time.
Danso picked up a second yellow card for a rough tackle on Neymar in the 57th minute. After the resulting free-kick, Leca had to stretch to stop Messi’s attempt.
The Argentinian striker curled a perfect shot from 25 meters into the top corner in the 68th minute after being set up by Neymar. Part of the crowd chanted Messi’s name, but seven minutes later the Ultras left the stadium from the Auteuil stand.
The move put a damper on the upcoming celebration of the club’s only title this season, leaving Marco Verratti the only player in Ligue 1 history with eight league titles.
International climbed to the top of the Serie A table after a 3-1 win Roma on Saturday.
With rivals Milan absent from action against Lazio until Sunday, last season’s champions took full advantage to climb up to Serie A after defeating a Roma side who had played 12 games in the top flight before heading to the San Siro Italian league had remained undefeated.
Flying full-back Denzel Dumfries gave his side the lead after half an hour before a fine solo from Marcelo Brozovic doubled the dominant hosts’ lead five minutes before the break.
Striker Lautaro Martínez headed in a corner from a corner for Inter in the 52nd minute. Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored a consolation goal in the 85th minute but it was too little too late for the visitors. The fourth consecutive league win gave Inter 72 points from 33 games, an advantage over Milan. Roma remains fifth with 58 points.
In Germany, Bayern Munich sealed their 10th consecutive Bundesliga title with a 2-1 win over Borussia Dortmund. Beforehand Union Berlin scored twice late in the game to come out of a deficit and win 2-1 RB Leipzigwho wanted to take revenge against the same opponent for the semifinals in the DFB Cup in the middle of the week.
Sven Michel’s goal in the 86th minute canceled out Yussuf Poulsen’s opening goal for Leipzig in the 46th minute before Kevin Behrens struck in the 89th minute. Leipzig had beaten them on Wednesday thanks to Emil Forsberg’s post-game winner by the same number of points.
Leipzig has slipped to fourth place at 54 Bayer Leverkusen in third place with 55 after beating the relegated team 4-1 Greuther Fuerth.
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