Paris celebrates Paris

Just after Paris Saint-Germain's title win had been confirmed against AS Monaco in April, President and CEO Nasser Al-Khelaïfi had highlighted its significance to the club: "Ligue 1 is the leading competition in the country that was crowned world champion last summer. That says everything about the great importance we will always give to trophies won in this great football nation."

With 84 points, 19 more than their closest challengers, Lille, after 33 games, the capital club was close to its own record having been crowned just 30 matches into the 2015/16 season. Overwhelming favourites at the start of the campaign, Paris Saint-Germain's route has not been completely smooth, something former Paris midfielder Daniel Bravo was fully aware of: "A lot of people think winning the French title is easy because you're Paris Saint-Germain and there are so many great players. They are better than the others, that's certain. But it's not as easy as you think to show that over the course of a league season."

It was the same message from Luis Fernandez, who cast his mind back to the Rouge-et-Bleu's first league title triumph in 1986. "It's a big thing to win the title, and it's certainly not easy. We really enjoyed playing together. There were also a lot of challenges to overcome, because nothing was easy, but we met them one by one. It was something exceptional. We were so happy, so satisfied...it's crazy to experience such moments as that."

You need excellence, discipline and concentration to perform consistently at the very highest level through season, as highlighted by Marco Verratti. "We always play to achieve our objectives. Winning trophies isn't easy and winning the league is never easy. We're normal people, we work like everyone else. When we win, it's not that our opponents aren't as good, it's that we have done our work well."

It's that work that a capacity crowd at the Parc des Princes will celebrate tonight.