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On Wednesday, nine matches of the 36th round of the "Ligue 1" championship were played, after which the "Marseille" club moved up to the second place in the standings, while the "Nantes" team lost all chances to stay in the league.
Before this round, "Nantes" had only theoretical chances to stay in "Ligue 1". On Wednesday, they hosted last year's vice-champion "Bordeaux" club and won with a goal from Dennis Oliech, with a score of 1-0. However, even an unexpected victory was not enough to stay as the main competitors in the fight to stay in the league, "Valenciennes" and "Nice", also celebrated victories.
Meanwhile, taking advantage of "Bordeaux" failure and the fact that the "Lens" club lost 3-0 to the league champions "Lyon", the "Marseille" club moved up to the second place in the standings. Playing inconsistently this season, but demonstrating excellent form recently, the Marseille club won 2-1 after a tough battle against the "Nancy" team, recording their 58th point.
Another important victory in the race for a place in the UEFA Champions League next season was won by the "Sochaux" club, who beat the already eliminated "Monaco" team with a goal from Sebastien Grax at the end of the match, with a score of 2-1. Now the Sochaux team with 54 points after 36 rounds occupies the 5th place in the standings.
Results of the 36th round:
2 - 1
29` [1 - 0] Yaya Toure (own goal)
44` [1 - 1] Frederic Piquionne
81` [2 - 1] Sebastien Grax
2 - 1
77` [1 - 0] Mamadou Niang
80` [1 - 1] Sebastien Puygrenier
81` [2 - 1] Djibril Cisse
2 - 2
18` [1 - 0] Gregory Paisley
24` [1 - 1] Jimmy Briand
26` [2 - 1] Ibrahima Bangoura
29` [2 - 2] John Utaka
35` Blaise Kouassi ("Troyes") sent off
2 - 1
11` [1 - 0] Pierre-Andre Gignac
20` [1 - 1] Ireneusz Jelen
85` [2 - 1] Ulrich Le-Pen
1 - 0
1` [1 - 0] Marama Vahirua
1 - 0
53` [1 - 0] Patrick Paauwe
0 - 1
78` [0 - 1] Dennis Oliech
2 - 1
12` [0 - 1] Gregory Pujol
28` [1 - 1] Fernandes Michel Bastos
43` [2 - 1] Abdulkader Keita
3 - 0
20` [1 - 0] Sidney Govou
38` [2 - 0] Juninho
45` [3 - 0] Alou Diarra (pen.)
Standings:
