France Soccer

Here are the leaders in France’s Ligue action in goal scoring with two games to play:

1) 20 Karim Benzema of Lyon

2) 17 Mamadou Niang of Marseille

3) 14 Djibril Cisse of Marseille

Bafetimbi Gomis of St Etienne

Fernando Cavenaghi of Bordeaux

6) 12 Rafik Saïfi of Lorient

Steve Savidan of Valenciennes

Bakari Koné of Nice

Wendel of Bordeaux

Tulio De Melo of Le Mans

In stoppage time, Bordeaux pulled off a victory against Marseille, with a goal from Pierre  Ducasse.  This keeps the squads hopes for a France soccer Ligue championship alive.  For Marseille, though, it put them back into the UEFA position as AS Nancy was able to score a victory over Strasbourg.  Things get tougher for Nancy, however, with Lyon coming up next weekend.  They will feel more comfortable with the 2 point cushion, however.  Each of the teams fighting to stay out of the last relegation spot, Paris Saint-Germain, Lens, and Toulouse (from bottom up) earned a draw.  PSG saw its game against Toulouse as a real opportunity to vault over both them and Lens, but things managed to stay exactly where they were last week with 2 games to play in French soccer Ligue action.

Djibril Cisse’s late goal helped propel Marseille to a 3-2 victory over Monaco, keeping its chances for a Champions league place alive.  AS Nancy Lorraine, meanwhile, could only manage a draw with Valenciennes and fell into the UEFA Cup position for Ligue I in French soccer.  Meanwhile, Paris Saint-Germain got a much needed victory that drew it even in points, down in goals with both Lens and Toulousse.  Amara Diane netted two to help pace PSG.