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The first piece of silverware in the 2021-22 French football season is up for grabs on Sunday, as Lille and Paris Saint-Germain renew hostilities at the Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv for the right to lift the trophy aloft.
Les Dogues dethroned the capital side as Ligue 1 champions during an enthralling 2020-21 campaign, although PSG restored some parity with a Coupe de France triumph.
Under the tutelage of the recently-departed Christophe Galtier, Lille's dogged and determined nature propelled them to the unlikeliest of Ligue 1 triumphs for the first time in a decade, as a 2-1 win versus Angers on the final day of the season saw Les Dogues finish one point clear of PSG atop the pile.
Adding a long-awaited domestic crown to the silverware cabinet and an impending return to the Champions League was not enough to convince Galtier to stay on, though, as the 54-year-old stepped down from his post merely 48 hours after securing the Ligue 1 crown, having achieved what he set out to do before taking on a new challenge with Nice.