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On Saturday, seven matches of the French "Ligue 1" championship were played, after which the defending champion "Lyon" continues to firmly hold the first place in the standings. Today (Sunday) the remaining matches of this round will be played.
In this round, the winners of the last three championships, after goals from Sylvain Wiltord and Juninho, defeated the third-placed "Auxerre" team 2-1. The only goal for the "Auxerre" team was scored by Benoit Cheyrou in the 66th minute.
Once again, this year's successful Champions League team "Monaco" managed to play a draw, this time with the league average team "Toulouse".
"Marseille" club, which changed its coach and president this week, achieved a great victory with a score of 3-1 against the "Nantes" team. From the 66th minute, "Nantes" had to play with 10 men, as their player Alexander Viveros received a red card. It is also worth mentioning that in this match a total of six yellow cards were shown.
The team at the bottom of the table "Bastia" achieved an important victory with a score of 2-0 against the newcomer "Caen", while the absolute outsider of the tournament "Istres" suffered another defeat - this time losing to the "Rennes" club. It is worth mentioning that "Istres" is the only team that has not yet achieved a victory in this season of the "Ligue 1" championship.
Standings
All Saturday match results:
2 - 1
6' [1 - 0] Sylvain Wiltord
29' [2 - 0] Juninho
66' [2 - 1] Benoit Cheyrou
0 - 0
3 - 1
9' [1 - 0] Olivier Sorlin
56' [2 - 0] Olivier Monterrubio (pen.)
81' [2 - 1] Steven Pele
90' [3 - 0] Olivier Sorlin
2 - 2
7' [1 - 0] Mehdi Meniri
13' [1 - 1] Julien Sable
22' [2 - 0] Gregory Proment (pen.)
73' [2 - 2] Vincent Hognon
3 - 1
15' [1 - 0] Abdoulaye Meite
21' [2 - 0] Fabrice Fiorese
58' [2 - 1] Gilles Yapi Yapo
90' [3 - 1] Steve Marlet
66' Alexander Viveros ("Nantes") sent off
0 - 0
2 - 0
7' [1 - 0] Djibril Sidibe
58' [2 - 0] Tony Vairelles
Sunday match pairs:
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