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PSG a step closer, while Lyon a stumble back.

Paris Saint-Germain shrugged off their Champions League heartache to move another step closer to winning the Ligue 1 title in Week 32, while Olympique Lyonnais got back to winning ways.

PSG took plenty of plaudits after running Barcelona so close in the Champions League quarter-finals, but it was back to earth with a bang for Carlo Ancelotti's side as they travelled to bottom club Troyes. It was an uncomfortable afternoon at times, but Blaise Matuidi netted the only goal of the game early in the second half against his former club, bringing a third national title into full view.
With second-placed Marseille drawing 0-0 at Lille on Sunday evening, PSG are now nine points clear with just six games remaining, and there is even the outside possibility that they could wrap up the championship before the end of this month.

Moravcik a sainte saint.

Former Slovak international Lubomir Moravcik became a folk hero in six years at AS Saint-Etienne, and returns to France on Saturday to give his former club his support in the Coupe de la Ligue final. Exclusive interview.

Ligue1.com: You were at Saint-Etienne for six years. Is there still a little piece of your heart devoted to it?

Lubomir Moravcik: Of course, because it was my first foreign club. Above all, it was a club where football was a great phenomenon, a great passion for the people in the region. At that time, Lyon weren't the same club as after 2000, so Saint-Etienne were the club of the people. It was a source of pride for the people of the Rhone region. As a footballer, we were idolised. Football is something very important for people in that region.