The four-time champion and six-time French Cup winner delighted fans this season when they were the only representative of the country in the spring part of the Europa League. At the stage of the first stage of the playoffs, the rivals of the team were drawn by Ajax, who beat the Red-Blues in two matches with the same score 2:1. In the French Cup, the Dogi started quite confidently, having victory over Dijon (1:0) and Gazelek Ajaccio (3:1). At the 1/8 finals, hosts got into the rivals of the current winner of the tournament, “Paris Saint-Germain”, to whom they lost with a score of 0:3. In the championship of the country’s top division, Christophe Galatier’s wards are in the lead. After 32 rounds of the current championship, hosts have 20 victories and nine peaceful outcomes, which brought 69 points, which is three more than the nearest pursuer. It is impossible not to note the best performance of the team in the defense line, which conceded the least in the league. Following the defeat to Nimes (1:2), LOSC defeated the main rival in the struggle for the leadership PSG (1:0), after which they dealt with Metz (2:0) away. Today Yazidzhi, Pie and David, who has an injured ankle, will not be able to enter the field.
The Celtics also climbed to fifth place, albeit in the Eastern Conference. The team caught the courage and issued four important victories in a row. Boston played great in the match against New York (101-99), then fought Minnesota (145-136) and Denver (87-105) and in the last meeting the team was really lucky, because Kemba Walker and company beat Portland 116-115. Brad Stevens’ charges have chosen the right course and the main thing now is not to go astray. The Celts are clearly aware of the opponent’s problems and of course they will try to take advantage of them, although it should be understood that the match will be played away and taking victory away will not be an easy task.
