In the early morning of April 28, Beijing time, a key match in the 31st round of Ligue 1 was played by Paris Saint-Germain at home against Le Havre, and the 48,000-seat Son Park Stadium was full. In the end, Paris broke out a big upset, drawing 3-3 with Le Havre, and the league remained unbeaten in 27 consecutive rounds, but failed to be crowned champion in advance.
This season, the number of teams participating in Ligue 1 has been reduced to 18, and the number of rounds has become 34. In the previous round, Monaco also won and left Paris out of the goal of defending their Ligue 1 title four rounds ahead of schedule, and with an 11-point lead, the team only needed one more win to seal the league title.
In this round, Paris returned to host third-from-bottom Le Havre, and the two teams met for the first time at the beginning of the season, with Paris comfortably winning 2-0.
Unexpectedly, coach Enrique asked the star Mbappe to continue to sit on the bench, Dembele, Asensio, Muani, and Balcola formed a front attacking quartet, and Vitinha and Emery sat in the back.
In the 18th minute, the Paris defense was out of position, and Operi met the ball and pushed the goal to help Le Havre lead 1-0.
In the 29th minute, Le Havre made a mistake at the back, Unai Emery sent a cross, and Barcola outflanked the goal to help Paris equalize 1-1.
In the 39th minute, Nego provided an assist, and Ayew dribbled the ball in the penalty area to shake off space and then scored a powerful shot to help Le Havre take a 2-1 lead again.
Faced with a goal down, Paris replaced Mbappe, Li Gangren, and Mayulu before the start of the second half, and replaced Dembele, Asensio, and Barcola.
In the second half, Paris was once 1-3 down, and Danilo fouled and sent a penalty. Faced with a desperate situation, in the 78th minute, Achraf scored. In the 95th minute, Gonzalo Ramos scored. In the end, Paris drew 3-3 in stoppage time, and the team's 1 billion euro value was also a big upset.
After this draw, Paris reached 70 points, 12 points ahead of second-placed Monaco with a game in hand, and missed out on securing the league title early. If Monaco does not win this round, Paris can also win the championship three rounds earlier.
According to statistics, Paris has won nine league titles in the last 11 seasons, and only Lille and Monaco won the Ligue 1 titles in 2020-21 and 2016-17 respectively, and it is also unstoppable to complete the title defense this season.