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How Lille defied the odds to stand on the brink of Ligue 1 title

Sunday's Ligue 1 showdown sees the most exciting finish to the French season for almost 20 years, with three clubs still in with a chance of being crowned Ligue 1 champions: Lille, Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco.

PSG have picked up seven of the last eight championships since the Qatari takeover in 2011 saw the club able to spend hundreds of millions on some of the world's best players, like Neymar and Kylian Mbappe. But now there could be a new champion.