The Ligue 1-title celebrations of Paris Saint-Germain will have to wait after Monaco came from behind to beat Nice 2-1 in the Derby de la Cote d'Azur.
With Marseille who loses at Reims and PSG Hammering Saint-Etienne, a draw between Monaco and Nice would have sealed the title for the Luis enrique team in Saturday's late game.
Instead, PSG will have to wait a little longer to get the job done, with the efforts of Breel Embolo that completes the reversal for Monaco in Stade Louis-II.
Nice LED during the rest after Jeremie Boga had planted a brilliant header in the top left corner, although things would have been otherwise if Mika Biereth van Monaco had not picked his lines from the penalty spot before.
Biereth, however, made 10 minutes after the restart, however, which hit a equalizer in a not to be stopped.
Embolo completed the comeback in the 73rd minute, with Nice's frustration aggravated by a late red card for experienced campaigner Dante for a professional error.
The victory of Monaco means that they go to second place, 21 points back from PSG with seven more games.
Monaco win the Côte d'Azur Derby! pic.twitter.com/RMZBSI2GQJ
– Ligue 1 English (@Ligue1_eng) March 29, 2025
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Monaco has now taken 16 points from losing positions this season, more than any other team in Ligue 1 in 2024-25.
On the other hand, Nice lost 19 points of winning positions, most of every Ligue 1 side this season.
This was Monaco's fifth straight house victory in the competition, the first time they have gone in the same season in the same season since March 2022 (five games).
Monaco is 58 times nice defeated in all competitions, from 130 meetings. They have only won so many matches against Rennes (58).
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