Cissé treble fires up Marseille
Saturday, January 26, 2008
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Djibril Cissé's hat-trick helped Olympique de Marseille to a 6-1 victory against SM Caen while AS Nancy-Lorraine and OGC Nice were both held to away draws.
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Djibril Cissé scored a hat-trick as Olympique de Marseille trounced SM Caen 6-1 to move up to eighth in Ligue 1 while AS Nancy-Lorraine and OGC Nice both dropped points in their bid to close the gap on the top two.
Super Cissé
Cissé led Marseille's march to an emphatic victory after Caen had taken an early lead at the Stade Vélodrome. The striker levelled on 28 minutes before Mathieu Valbuena scored twice with half-time approaching to leave Caen reeling. Cissé added two in three minutes after the break and Samir Nasri completed the scoring late on. Cissé, who vowed he would score 20 goals this season earlier this month, now has eleven strikes in all competitions.
Chasers falter
With the top two, Olympique Lyonnais and FC Girondins de Bordeaux, both in action on Sunday, no other side that began the day in the top seven managed to take advantage with a win. A goalless draw at AJ Auxerre left third-placed Nancy four points adrift of Bordeaux. It was the ninth league game without a win for Pablo Correa's side. Nice needed a last-minute Éderson goal to salvage a 1-1 draw at Toulouse FC while AS Monaco FC suffered a 1-0 defeat by Le Mans UC 72, Daisuke Matsui scoring the only goal on 23 minutes.
Three draws
Valenciennes FC fell by the same score at FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, for whom Jérémie Bréchet was on target. The day's three other games all ended in draws with LOSC Lille Métropole and Paris Saint-Germain FC unable to produce a goal in their encounter. FC Metz and Stade Rennais FC drew 1-1 and RC Lens hit back to draw 2-2 with RC Strasbourg.
