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This week, the 7th round of the "Ligue 1" championship matches were played, after which the leadership position was maintained by the "Monaco" team.
"Monaco" defeated "Nantes" 2-1, and the victory for the team was determined by a penalty scored in the 90th minute, converted by Mohamed Kallon.
The biggest surprise of the round was the defeat of one of the leaders, "Auxerre", to league debutants "Saint-Etienne" with a score of 3-1. Saint-Etienne led throughout the match and it was only in the last minute that Lionel Mathis managed to soften the score.
Another unexpected result was recorded at the Route de Lorient stadium, where local team "Rennes" was defeated by "Marseille" after Alexander Frei's goal. This was already the third consecutive defeat for the Marseille team.
And the especially poor performance continued for the pre-tournament favorites, the "P.S.G" team. Leading against "Lens" 2-0, the Parisians failed to maintain this lead and only managed a 2-2 draw, still without experiencing the joy of victory in this season's championship.
The "Ajeccio" team, led by a new coach, achieved their first victory of the season and thus rose from the last place in the tournament table.
Edgar Jankauskas' "Nice" played to a 1-1 draw with "Metz", and the Lithuanian himself made his debut in the "Ligue 1". He played from the beginning of the match and earned a yellow card in the 37th minute.
Tournament table
All 7th round results:
0 - 2 52' (1 - 0) Michael Essien 90' (2 - 0) Florent Malouda
1 - 0 58' Alexander Frei
3 - 1 3' (1 - 0) Herita Ilunga 16' (2 - 0) Nicolas Marin 37' (3 - 0) Nicolas Marin 90' (3 - 1) Lionel Mathis
2 - 1 45' (0 - 1) Florin Daniel Bratu 48' (1 - 1) Pontus Farnerud 90' (2 - 1) Mahomed Kallon (from the penalty spot)
1 - 1 81' (1 - 0) Herve Tum 90' (1 - 1) Jose Cobos
2 - 2 45' (0 - 1) Loric Cana 76' (0 - 2) Fabrice Pankrate 82' (1 - 2) Jacek Bak 87' (2 - 2) Hilton
0 - 1 23' Cyril Chapuis
0 - 0
1 - 4 32' (1 - 0) Frederic Nee 33' (1 - 1) Lilian Laslandes 38' (1 - 2) Lilian Laslandes 39' (1 - 3) Julien Faubert 83' (1 - 4) Marouane Chamakh
