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11/23 16:34 CST Giroud ends league scoring drought as Lille moves to fourth in
French league
Giroud ends league scoring drought as Lille moves to fourth in French league
LILLE, France (AP) --- Olivier Giroud scored twice and Lille moved to fourth in
the French league with a 4-2 come-from-behind home win over Paris FC on Sunday.
Willem Geubbels put the visitors ahead in the 11th minute after Vincent
Marchetti's initial effort took a deflection and hit the post.
Giroud equalized in the 40th after some good work from Osame Sahraoui, who
skipped by several defenders. It was Giroud's first league goal since August.
The former France star might have had another goal just two minutes later, but
Kevin Trapp did well to save his effort from point-blank range.
Trapp wasn't given any respite as Lille pushed for more, and Giroud finally got
his second from the penalty spot in the 77th. Marchetti had given it away and
the Paris midfielder's evening went from bad to worse when his attempted
clearance of a corner merely served the ball for Aissa Mandi to score Lille's
third in the 80th.
Lohann Doucet pulled one back in the 84th -- a minute after going on as a
substitute -- to set up a frenetic finale until Marius Broholm sealed the
result with another penalty in stoppage time.
Lyon still can't win
Lyon's winless streak stretched to five games across all competitions after
failing to beat last-placed Auxerre.
The 0-0 draw could have been worse for the injury and suspension-hit visitors
with Dominik Greif saving a penalty from Auxerre's Lassine Sinayoko in the
first half.
That was awarded after Sekou Mara had been bundled over in the area by Moussa
Niakhat. Mara had earlier had a goal ruled out as Auxerre's goalless run
stretched to five games. Auxerre's winless run is now at eight games starting
with the 2-0 loss at Paris Saint-Germain.
Mara also went close in the second half, while Lyon's Afonso Moreira drew a
good save from Donovan Leon in stoppage time.
Late drama
Romain Del Castillo scored a penalty in the 10th minute of stoppage time --
five minutes after he'd had another penalty saved -- to give Brest a 3-2 win
over Metz for its first victory since September.
Nigerian defender Chidozie Awaziem made up for an own-goal in first-half
stoppage time by equalizing in second-half stoppage time for Nantes to draw
with Lorient 1-1 with both teams fighting relegation. It kept Nantes just ahead
of the visitors on goal difference.
Yassin Belkhdim's early goal was enough for Angers to win at Toulouse 1-0 and
draw level with the home team on 16 points.
PSG leads by two points from Marseille after both won this weekend.
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