Nantes punish Marseille to deepen crisis

Marseille’s difficult Ligue 1 season worsened with a damaging 3‑0 defeat at Nantes, a result that further harms their Champions League ambitions while reviving the hosts’ survival hopes. Ignatius Ganago, Rémy Cabella and Matthis Abline struck within nine second‑half minutes at the Stade de la Beaujoire, giving Nantes their first win in nine matches and only their fifth of the campaign. Despite the victory, the eight‑time champions remain in the automatic relegation zone, though they now sit just two points behind Auxerre in the play‑off position with two games left.

Marseille, meanwhile, are sliding into full crisis, losing four of their last six outings under Habib Beye and dropping to sixth place. They are four points off a Champions League berth with only two matches remaining and risk missing out on European football entirely. Elsewhere, PSG faced Lorient ahead of their Champions League semi‑final second leg against Bayern Munich following a dramatic 5‑4 first‑leg win.