In France - the first victories of "Lyon" and "Marseille" © EuroFootball.com

In the French championship on Saturday, seven matches of the second round took place.

Finally, the defending champion "Marseille" team recorded their first points on the scoreboard by defeating the "Lorient" team 2-0 at home.

Both goals for the winners were scored by defenders - Gabriel Heinze in the 6th minute and Taye Taiwo in the 72nd minute.

The "Lyon" players also secured their first victory at home with a single goal from Jean Makoun against "Brest".

Currently, the leader of the championship is the "Toulouse" team, which has 9 points out of a possible 9 after this round of victories.

Results:

"Marseille” 2 - 0 "Lorient” 6' [1 - 0] Gabriel Heinze 72' [2 - 0] Taye Taiwo

"Lyon” 1 - 0 "Brest” 19' [1 - 0] Jean Makoun

"Nice” 1 - 1 "Nancy” 26' [1 - 0] Emerse Fae 85' [1 - 1] Paul Alo´o Efoulou 90' Landry N´Guemo sent off ("Nancy”)

"Lens” 2 - 2 "Monaco” 19' [0 - 1] Daniel Niculae 69' [0 - 2] Pierre Emerick Aubameyang 73' [1 - 2] Adriano Pereira da Silva (own goal) 83' [2 - 2] Sébastien Roudet

"Rennes” 0 - 0 "Saint-Etienne”

"Toulouse” 2 - 1 "Arles-Avignon” 36' [1 - 0] Daniel Omoya Braaten 61' [2 - 0] Etienne Didot 64' [2 - 1] Franck Djadjedje

"Auxerre” 1 - 1 "Valenciennes” 66' [0 - 1] Gael Danic 69' [1 - 1] Ireneusz Jelen