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Marseille’s Brazilian midfielder Gerson scores a goal during the French L1 football match between Olympique Marseille and RC Strasbourg Alsace at Stade Velodrome in Marseille, southern France on May 21, 2022. AFPPIX: Marseille clinched automatic qualification for next season's Champions League group stage on a final night of the French Ligue 1 season on Saturday that was dramatic beyond the announcement that Kylian Mbappe was staying at Paris Saint-Germain.
Seconds after that goal went in, bedlam ensued among the more than 60,000 home supporters as news filtered through that Monaco had conceded an injury-time goal to draw 2-2 away at Lens. They missed out on a place in this season's group stage after losing a play-off to Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine. Meanwhile Strasbourg were denied fifth and a place in the Europa Conference League after Nice came from two goals down to win 3-2 away at Reims as Andy Delort scored a late hat-trick, his three goals coming in the space of eight minutes.