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    Oct 02, 2020 5 minutes

    1. Can Ligue 1 keep up the pace?

    With Paris Saint-Germain finishing runners-up to Bayern Munich and Lyon confounding all expectations to reach the semi-finals, 2019-20 was a rare season of glory for French sides in the Champions League. The pressure is now on the Ligue1 brethren not to slip back into their old semi-detached ways.

    Given their financial muscle, and the depth of stellar talent in the French capital in the likes of Kylian Mbappe, Neymar, Mauro Icardi, Angel Di Maria, Marco Verratti and Marquinhos, PSG are sure to be contenders again. But what of the other Gallic participants?

    Marseille, winners of this competition in its inaugural season as the “Champions League” in 1992-93 and runners-up in Ligue1 last term, are not in the best of shape. They are in debt to the tune of €90 million; a large number of their fans are openly hostile to club movers

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