PSG’s players rejoice after PSG’s Nuno Mendes scored his side’s second goal through the French League One soccer match between Paris Saint Germain and Marseille at Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, Sunday, March 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
PARIS — Paris Saint-Germain concluded an ideal week on Sunday to maneuver a step closer to a record-extending thirteenth French league title.
PSG beat second-placed Marseille 3-1 to increase its lead at the highest to 19 points with just eight rounds remaining. The victory over its bitter rival in the most important game of French soccer got here five days after PSG ousted Liverpool from the Champions League.
Generally known as “Le Classique,” the sport between PSG and Marseille became popular through the Nineteen Nineties when Marseille dominated. However the southern club — the one French team to win the Champions League back in 1993 — has fallen well behind since PSG was taken over by Qatari investors in 2011. Sunday’s win prolonged PSG’s unbeaten run against Marseille to nine league matches.
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Still unbeaten within the league this season, PSG was on top of things and took the lead within the seventeenth minute. Ousmane Dembélé ran behind the back of the defense after Khvicha Kvaratskhelia cleverly deflected the ball for Fabian Ruiz, who arrange the France forward. Dembélé then skipped past Marseille goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli and scored his twenty first league goal of the season in an open goal.
Dembélé has been unstoppable because the turn of the yr, notching 22 goals in all competitions for PSG up to now in 2025, greater than some other player in Europe’s top five leagues.
Dembélé also scored PSG’s goal when it won 1-0 at Liverpool on Tuesday to achieve the Champions League quarterfinals following a penalty shootout.
Marseille stayed calm on the Parc des Princes after conceding, keeping a high pressing that resulted in a number of dangerous first-half possibilities and corners.
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But PSG made it 2-0 within the forty second minute after Ruiz was expertly picked up by Achraf Hakimi and made essentially the most of a lapse within the Marseille defense before crossing the ball for Nuno Mendes, who slotted the ball home.
Marseille pulled one back after the interval when a poor back pass from Nuno Mendes was intercepted by Marseille captain Adrien Rabiot, who cut the ball back for Amine Gouiri to conclude the move.
Dembélé later hit the post before Rulli stopped an effort from Warren Zaïre-Emery together with his head. Marseille’s hopes of a comeback vanished for good within the 76th minute when Pol Lirola beat his own ‘keeper as he tried to clear a dangerous cross from Hakimi.
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