It was a great evening for French clubs involved in the Europa League as Marseille and Lyon got important wins while Bordeaux were the only Ligue 1 side that tasted defeat
Despite some tough resistance in Israel, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/AEL-Limassol-c38226 5-1.
Olympique de Marseille 5-1 AEL Limassol
Summer signings, Lucas Mendes and Joey Barton made their first appearances for the Rhone giants in front of their own fans and the former marked the occasion with a decent goal as Elie Baup’s charges registered a 5-1 win against the Cyprus-based side.
Despite the presence of so many away fans, the crowd was sparse at Velodrome. And those OM fans who chose to stay behind, missed out on a great win which was exactly the kind of win the team needed ahead of Sunday’s Clasico against Paris Saint-Germain.
However, things were not as easy as the scoreline suggests as it was visiting side’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Edwin-Ouon-c12127 who gave Limassol the lead midway through the first half.
Despite conceding an unexpected goal, Marseille did not hold back at all and levelled the score thanks to a http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rod-Fanni-c31402 header via a Joey Barton corner. Just after the hour mark, Marseille took the lead from yet another corner and this time, it was new boy
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mendes-c25206 who headed in the second goal for his side.
The game was certainly not over for the away side but thanks to Loic Remy’s first goal of the evening and then the former Nice man’s assist for Andre-Pierre Gignac’s goal in the 90th minute. There was still time for Remy to complete his brace
as Marseille seized the opportunity to lead the Group C standings following Fenerbahce’s 4-2 away win against Bundesliga side, Borussia Monchengladbach.
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona 3-4 Olympique Lyonnais
Lyon coach, Remi Garde made a few changes to his squad for the trip to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Israel-c2925. Summer signing, Fabian Monzon started the game along with 20-year-old academy product Rachid Ghezzal.
Shimon Abuhazira however, gave the home side an early lead. OL were bound to reach and they did so in splendid fashion thanks to a smashing goal by Fofana from the edge of the box. The Ligue 1 outfit took the lead thanks to a goal that was indeed made in
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Argentina-c2841.
Lisandro Lopez was pulled down on the edge of the box and the resulting free kick was dispatched home by Rosario-born Monzon.
When Anthony Reveillere scored the third goal for the visiting side, it appeared that Lyon were going to be out of sight in no time. However, the reigning Israeli champions, staged a great fight back as they scored two goals to make it 3-3.
With the game reaching its final moments, Fofana was to be Lyon’s saviour as the young defender headed home a corner in injury time to give Lyon all three points.
Newcastle United 3-0 Girondins de Bordeaux
Bordeaux have not done well in their recent trips to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Francis-c13946 Gillot’s side started the game from the back foot as former Ligue 1 boy Yohan
Cabaye made a strong start to the game and dominated the centre of the park.
And it was http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gabriel-Obertan-c14324 who came back to haunt his former teammates by providing an assist to Shola Ameobi.
Despite conceding a goal, Bordeaux saw a lot of the ball but just five minutes before half time, Les Girondins conceded another goal due to poor communication between Cedric Carrasso and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Henrique-c16069. The breakdown in communication resulted in the latter putting
the ball in his own net.
Not long after the interval, Newcastle United made it 3-0 as the prolific Papiss Demba Cisse volleyed the ball past Carrasso.
Ahead of the game, Bordeaux were unbeaten in their last 17 games. Gillot’s side is taking the competition very seriously so the Aquitaine club would be looking to do well in their next game when they face Portuguese side Maritimo who suffered a 2-0 defeat
to Club Brugge in Group D’s other game.
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