In the 34th round match of the French championship, Lyon will host Lens. This meeting has principled tournament significance only for Lyon. Lens has already secured second place in Ligue 1 and direct qualification to the Champions League for next season. As for the Lyonnais, they are precisely fighting for this right. They missed third place in the previous round and now must win, also counting on Lille's slip in a parallel fixture with Auxerre. The difference between Lyon and Lille is only one point. But in case of defeat, the Lyonnais, who currently contend for Champions League qualification, could even drop to the Europa League, since Rennes is behind by one point. So the tension in the final round of Ligue 1 will be considerable. One might think that a demotivated Lens won't resist strongly, but one should bear in mind that the 'blood-and-gold' know how to powerfully rally in any situation. During the week they lost to PSG (0:2) in a rescheduled match, but they exerted colossal pressure on the Champions League finalist, creating many more goal-scoring chances. They were, so to speak, unlucky. Before that Lens defeated Nantes (1:0), drew with Nice (1:1) and Brest (3:3), and also reached the French Cup final by beating Toulouse (4:1). Lyon, as it happened, lost to Toulouse in the previous round (1:2), missing out on third place. Before that they had wins over Rennes (4:2), Auxerre (3:2), PSG (2:1) and Lorient (2:0). Lyon's matches always turn out to be high-scoring, open, and exciting. We can expect something similar in the upcoming meeting.