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 | Lyon smashed Marseille and is № 129-11-2012 |
Lyon patiently waited their moment, beat Marseille with 4:1 as a guest in the postponed match of the 10th round of Ligue 1, and became sole leader in the standings. Now all elite teams of France are with tied matches, and Lyon has 28 points before PSG and Marseille with 26, St Etienne with 25 and Bordeaux with 24.
The match at "Stade Velodrome" was a direct confrontation for this first place in Ligue 1, as and Marseille could go on top and in draw. The hosts were also in a better position, taking the opponent without some of its leading players like Lisandro Lopez and Yoann Gourcuff Dejan Lovran.
Lyon, however, was adamant and even opened the scoring in the third minute from a penalty judged for violation of Steve Mandanda against Bafetimbi Gomis. Gomis himself stood behind the ball and realized. The French international was at his best, and in the 34th minute scored again for 2:0, in such result comes the halftime.
Just three minutes after the resumption of play Steed Malbrank totally dampened the stands in Marseille with third goal in the net of Mandanda and Bafetimbi Gomis shaped hat-trick in the 72 th minute.
Appeared as a reserve at the break Loic Remy realized the only goal for the hosts in the 77 th minute, but they failed to make their loss less, having played the last 10 minutes with a man less after a straight red card for Fanny Rod .
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