In football, the happiness of one person sometimes also makes others happy. Thus, RC Lens made two other clubs very happy by beating OGC Nice (3-1) on Friday evening in the final of the Coupe de France.
Already qualified for the Champions League, the Sang et Or did not need the ticket for the Europa League awarded to the winner of the Cup. Quite the opposite of OGC Nice, which could have entered C3 despite its 16th place in the championship.
Result, with the victory of Lensois, Stade Rennais (6th in Ligue 1) regains the place for the Europa League. Big news for the Bretons, who until now had only qualified for the Conference League play-offs. They are guaranteed to play in the league phase of a European competition, where they could find some good people: Real Sociedad and Bayer Leverkusen are already qualified, Juventus and Benfica could also join the party.
Monaco also thanks Lens
The other big winner of the evening is AS Monaco. Seventh in the championship, the Principality club was not sure of having a chance of playing in Europe next season. Lens’ victory over neighbor and rival Nice must have delighted quite a few people at ASM.
Monaco will therefore compete in the play-off round of the Conference League, the field of which could be quite high next season with the possible presence of Chelsea. Atalanta and Friborg are already certain of it.
