Already two match days before the end of the season the team of
Olympique de Marseille has become the new champion in the Ligue 1. The team of coach
Didier Deschamps won 3:1 against Stade Rennois - and on the other side the AJ Auxerre, who was second, lost 1:2 against Olympique Lyonnais. With eight points more, the Phoceens could look back to an extraordianary year.
On Wednesday evening, after the match all players and fans were very glad. "During the fireworks on the sky of Marseille, the team dansed to the song 'We are the champions'. It's a long time ago, that this tune of Queen was played in the Stade Vélodrome", was written on the internet side of the club.
The new champion of France made only six defeats in 37 matches, and one of these on Saturday, because he lost 2:3 at Lille. Moreover the team has won the final of the
Coupe de la Ligue against the Girondins de Bordeaux.
Didier Deschamps (Photo: L'Equipe)