Who says Christmas, says memories. This December 25 is the opportunity to dive back into the archives of the French Championship. Because, in 1960, sixty years ago, Division 1 played on December 25. It was the last season that saw a fight over Christmas Day, as Opta recalled this Friday. Eight matches were on the program for this 21st day of D1 at the time. The other two meetings had taken place the day before, with victories for Olympique Lyon against Racing Club de France (4-2) and Monaco ahead of Lens (2-1).
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The front page of L’Équipe from December 26, 1960 (L’Équipe)
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“Christmas did not inspire the ‘big boys’ of the Football Championship, poster The team on its front page of the December 26, 1960 edition (knowing that the newspaper had not appeared the day before). Racing CP falls in Lyon: Monaco, Reims get closer. ” Finally, at the end of the season, seventeen days later, the title was played between Monaco and RC Paris. And it was finally the Monegasques (Lucien Cossou, Serge Roy, Michel Hidalgo, Raymond Kaelbel) of Lucien Leduc, with their first diagonal jersey, who won the D1, by a small point, thanks to their short success against Valenciennes ( 1-0) combined with the draw of Racing at Le Havre (2-2), at the beginning of June 1961. The first national crown in the history of the Principality club. As a consolation, the Rémois Roger Piantoni, he finished top scorer in the Championship, with 28 goals.
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Leduc, Hidalgo and the Monegasques celebrate their coronation after their victory against Valenciennes. (The Team)
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