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In the French "Ligue1" championship, seven matches of the eighth round were played on Saturday.
The "Lyon" team secured their second victory in the championship, defeating "Nancy" 3-2 away. The visitors led 2-0 until the 58th minute, but then the hosts managed to equalize.
However, the decisive goal of the match was scored by "Lyon" forward Jimmy Briand in the 75th minute. After this victory, "Lyon" is currently in 17th place in the tournament table.
Meanwhile, the winner in the central round match was not determined, as the match between the leader "St. Etienne" and "Marseille" ended in a 1-1 draw.
Results:
"Nancy” 2 - 3 "Lyon”
37' [0 - 1] Lisandro Lopez
55' [0 - 2] Jimmy Briand
58' [1 - 2] Silva Andre Luiz
70' [2 - 2] Julien Feret
75' [2 - 3] Jimmy Briand
"Bordeaux” 1 - 0 "Lorient”
26' [1 - 0] Michael Ciani
"Arles-Avignon” 0 - 4 "Auxerre”
18' [0 - 1] Alain Traore
44' [0 - 2] Benoit Pedretti
58' [0 - 3] Roy Contout
82' [0 - 4] Valter Birsa
"Sochaux” 3 - 0 "Lens”
13' [1 - 0] Modibo Maiga
44' [2 - 0] Ideye Brown
74' [3 - 0] Damien Perquis
"Monaco” 0 - 1 "Brest”
71' [0 - 1] Bruno Grougi
"Valenciennes” 2 - 1 "Caen”
24' [1 - 0] Gregory Pujol
29' [2 - 0] Mamadou Samassa
71' [2 - 1] Youssef El Arabi
"Saint-Etienne” 1 - 1 "Marseille”
27' [0 - 1] André-Pierre Gignac
59' [1 - 1] Laurent Batlles
