🎥 French club marks Champions return in Simpsons style, watch | OneFootball

In a special season, Lens — who are finalists in the Coupe de France — remain in the Ligue 1 title race with PSG. 

And they mathematically secured their place in the league phase of next season’s Champions League this Friday (8).

The 1-0 win over Nantes in front of their home fans also confirmed the opponent’s relegation to Ligue 2, the local second division.

The goal was scored by young Portuguese player Mezian Soares, just 16 years old, who made his debut this season — see below. 

The spot in their fourth Champions League campaign was celebrated on their social media in the already “traditional” “format” for the club. Check it out below:

The inspiration from "The Simpsons," the animated television series created by Matt Groening and now with more than 800 episodes since 1989, first appeared last year.

The club’s new signings were introduced as characters from the cartoon, which led to several episodes — available on the club’s YouTube profile.

Will they overtake PSG?

Lens reached 67 points after playing their 32nd match in the opening game of the 33rd round of Ligue 1.

They can no longer be caught by Lille, who are fourth with 58 — only the top three go directly into the UCL league phase. 

Leaders PSG have 70 points from 31 matches. They will reach the same number of games this Sunday (10), when they host Brest (12th).

The two sides will then face each other right after that, on Wednesday (13), in a postponed match from the 29th round. It will be played at Lens’ home ground, the Stade Félix-Bollaert.

And after that, each will have just one more Ligue 1 match left. 

PSG will visit Paris FC, their nemesis in the Coupe de France.

Lens, meanwhile, will also be away from home, facing Lyon. 

Their final match of the season will be the Coupe de France final against Nice. It will be played at the Stade de France.

Lens have won one French league title (1997-1998) and one Coupe de la Ligue (1998–99).

They are chasing their first Coupe de France after three runner-up finishes — the most recent in 1997-98.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.

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