In France - another failure of "Marseille" © EuroFootball.com

In the French championship on Saturday evening there were six matches from the second round, with one more match being postponed.

And the new season continued unsuccessfully for the defending champion "Marseille" club, which this time lost 2-3 away to "Valenciennes."

The visitors were even losing 0-3, but in the 82nd minute Taye Taiwo reduced the score to 1-3, and three minutes later forward Jordan Ayew gave hope of winning at least a point. However, the final whistle declared the victory for the "Valenciennes" team.

Results:

"Valenciennes" 3 - 2 "Marseille" 47' [1 - 0] Gael Danic 53' [2 - 0] Gregory Pujol 62' [3 - 0] Gregory Pujol 82' [3 - 1] Taye Taiwo (from the penalty spot) 85' [3 - 2] Jordan Ayew

"Saint-Etienne" 3 - 2 "Sochaux" 5' [1 - 0] Boubacar Sanogo 57' [2 - 0] Loic Perrin 64' [3 - 0] Loic Perrin 66' [3 - 1] Ryad Boudebouz 67' [3 - 2] Marvin Martin

"Nancy" 0 - 3 "Rennes" 49' [0 - 1] Victor Hugo Montano 58' [0 - 2] Yasine Brahimi 87' [0 - 3] Ismael Bangoura 12' Alfred N´Diaye was sent off from the field ("Nancy")

"Lorient" 1 - 2 "Nice" 11' [1 - 0] Yann Jouffre 12' [1 - 1] Ismael Gace 69' [1 - 2] Loic Remy

"Brest" 1 - 1 "Auxerre" 26' [1 - 0] Nolan Roux 83' [1 - 1] Benoit Pedretti

"Arles-Avignon" 0 - 1 "Lens" 69' [0 - 1] David Pollet

Postponed match:

"Monaco" - "Montpellier"