LIGUE 1. As the 2022-2023 Ligue 1 season kicks off next August, the first friendlies are on the way.
The next Ligue 1 season is already approaching! From August 6, PSG will put their title back into play by launching their season against Clermont. Before the official kick-off, all the Ligue 1 clubs are currently playing friendly matches with prestigious matches for some, such as Strasbourg, which will face Liverpool on July 31, or Olympique de Marseille, which will face AC Milan on same day. For PSG, three matches are on the program against Japanese clubs Kawasaki Frontale (JAP) / Urawa Red Diamonds (JAP) / Gamba Osaka (JAP). The schedule of friendly matches and the results:
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Ligue 1 will officially reopen its doors on the weekend of August 6/7 with in particular a clash between Strasbourg and AS Monaco or the return of Ajaccio, traveling to Lyon, for the first official under the American flag.
The 2021-2022 Ligue 1 season will have been marked by several similar excesses in several stadiums across the country and this sad epilogue, despite the joy of the Auxerrois, echoes an equally disastrous Champions League final at the Stade de France on Saturday evening. On a sporting level this time, it was PSG who regained their place as leader of the championship, after Lille’s victory last season. With a 15-point lead, the Parisians, carried by a very impressive Kylian Mbappé, did not however shine, eliminated dryly from the Champions League in the round of 16 and repeatedly put in difficulty on the grounds of Ligue 1. Olympique de Marseille, in a suspenseful battle with AS Monaco, finished in extremis in second place and qualified for the Champions League. The ASM, which will have believed until the end in the place of runner-up, therefore ends up in third position.
In the classification of this Ligue 1 2021-2022, Stade Rennais, author of a very good season, finished in fourth place, with the same number of points as Nice, but a much higher goal difference. OGC Nice, which lost a point after the excesses at the Allianz Riviera last August against OM, will have to settle for the Europa League Conference next season. Strasbourg, also the author of a historic season, let its European ticket slip away and ended its great season in sixth place, ahead of Lens then Lyon, eighth after a very mixed season.
In the ranking of Ligue 1 scorers, Kylian Mbappé shows that he will therefore have flown over the French championship, with impressive statistics. With 28 goals, he leads Wissam Ben Yedder (As Monaco – 25 goals), Martin Terrier (Stade Rennais – 21 goals) and Moussa Dembele (Olympique Lyonnais – 21 goals) tied for third place.
It’s not just the goalscorers who count in Ligue 1. Those who offer assists to their teammates are also in the spotlight. Find above the ranking of the best passers in the French Ligue 1 championship, which still crowns a certain Kylian Mbappe (17 assists), ahead of Lionel Messi (PSG – 14 assists) and Benjamin Bourigeaud (Stade Rennais – 13 assists).
For this 2021-2022 Ligue 1 season, Amazon Prime had obtained 80% of the TV rights. The new broadcaster covered 8 matches per day: the Friday evening match (9 p.m.), the Saturday afternoon match (5 p.m.), the Sunday multiplex (3 p.m.), the Sunday evening match (8:45 p.m.) and the Sunday noon meeting (1 p.m.). Amazon has also created a special channel: Pass Ligue 1. It is Canal which broadcast the other two matches of each day: the Saturday evening match (9 p.m.) and the Sunday match at 5 p.m. The system should change very little for the 2022-2023 season, which will resume its rights on the weekend of August 6 and 7, 2022 and will end on June 4, 2023. Note: from May 27 to July 26, subscribers to the Prime Video Ligue 1 Pass will not have to pay for their subscription to Amazon’s football offer.
