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With a 3-1 Ligue 1 victory over Monaco, who had little chance of qualifying for the Champions League, Lyon increased their chances of playing in Europe the next season.

Shortly after the game began, Anthony Lopes tackled Wissam Ben Yedder in the area, and the Monaco forward’s subsequent spot kick went Lopes the wrong way at the Groupama Stadium.

However, Lyon rallied and had multiple opportunities to equalize before Alexandre Lacazette, a former Arsenal striker, sealed the victory seven minutes before halftime after cutting back for Bradley Barcola.

Alexander Nubel stopped a leaping header from Lacazette after the break, but the Monaco goalkeeper was only able to block Rayan Cherki’s effort, and Maxence Caqueret scored the rebound in the 57th minute.

Twelve minutes from time, Cherki scored his own goal by cutting in from the right and beating Nubel to defeat Monaco, who are now unable to catch third-place Marseille.

Despite having played one more game than Lille in fifth place, Lyon is only one point behind them in seventh place. Marseille hosts Lille on Saturday.

Freiburg’s 2-0 victory over Wolfsburg in their season-ending home match brought them level on points with fourth-place Union Berlin in the Bundesliga.

Shortly after coming on as a replacement in the 70th minute, Christian Gunter scored the first goal alongside Nils Petersen, who sealed the victory with fifteen minutes remaining.

Even though Nicolas Hofler was dismissed in the closing moments, the outcome strengthened Freiburg’s chances of qualifying for the Champions League the following season.

With a 2-0 victory over Real Valladolid—who had Martin Hongla sent off—and a point above the bottom three, Cadiz moved four points clear of the La Liga drop zone thanks to two goals from Theo Bongonda in the second half.