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On Sunday, the ninth round of the country's "Ligue1" championship ended in France.
The necessary victory was celebrated by the team "Lyon," which defeated "Lille" 3-1 at home. The guests scored only two goals, with Lisandro Lopez, who had just recovered from an injury, and Yoann Gourcuff each scoring once. The visiting team's striker Moussa Sow scored an impressive goal.
The championship leader "St.Etienne" also suffered a loss and lost its top position after a tough 1-2 defeat to "Nice" away.
The sole leader of the championship became the team "Rennes," which played a goalless draw away against "Lens."
Results:
"Lyon" 3 - 1 "Lille" 3‘ [1 – 0] Lisando Lopez 40‘ [2 – 0] Yoann Gourcuff 52‘ [2 – 1] Moussa Sow 56‘ [3 – 1] Lisandro Lopez (from penalty kick)
69‘ Jeremy Pried sent off ("Lyon")
"Lens" 0 – 0 "Rennes" 84‘ Tongo Hamed Doumbia sent off ("Rennes")
"Nice" 2 – 1 "Saint Etienne" 11‘ [0 – 1] Dimitri Payet (from penalty kick) 47‘ [1 – 1] Anthony Mounier 67‘ [2 – 1] Chaouki Ben Saada 22‘ Gonzalo Bergessio sent off ("Saint Etienne")
"Lorient" 2 – 1 "Valenciennes" 4‘ [0 – 1] Gaël Danic 12‘ [1 – 1] Kevin Gameiro 25‘ [2 – 1] Sigamary Diarra
