Weekend Review - Matchday 19

[Freddy Adu]

Weekend Review - Matchday 19

France's top tier - Ligue 1.
Ligue 1, Matchday 19

Nancy 1 - 1 Lyon
Toulouse 0 - 0 Rennes
Saint-Etienne 0 - 1 PSG

Auxerre 1 - 0 Monaco
Caen 2 - 0 Strasbourg
Lorient 2 - 0 Metz
Marseille 1 – 0 Le Mans
Nice 1 - 0 Valenciennes
Sochaux 0 - 1 Bordeaux

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The top two clubs, Lyon and Nancy fought out an impressive 1-1 draw early on Saturday with the champions failing to take all three points thanks to a late goal from Chris Malonga.

In third, Bordeaux reduced the gap between themselves and the top of the table to six points with a 1-0 win over a lethargic Sochaux. The season's surprise package Caen, up from Ligue 1 last season, moved up into fourth courtesy of a 2-0 victory at home to Strasbourg.

Marseille, who are quietly making moves in the middle of the standings, wrapped up an eighth consecutive league game without defeat thanks to a 1-0 win against Le Mans, Mamadou Niang the hero for L'OM.

Auxerre and Nice also won 1-0 against Monaco and Valenciennes respectively while, at the bottom of the table, Metz fell to their 14th defeat of the season with a 2-0 reverse at Lorient – a result which led to the dismissal of manager Francis De Taddeo.

On Sunday, Toulouse and Rennes failed to find the net in a tactical 0-0 draw with PSG scoring an excellent 1-0 win away at Saint-Etienne.

Lens' match against Lille was postponed due to adverse weather conditions.

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Matchday 19 Goalscorer Nationalities

6 – France (Hellebuyck, Hengbart, Luyindula, Malonga, Marin, Traore)
1 – Algeria (Saifi)
1 – Argentina (Eluchans)
1 – Brazil (Jussie)
1 – Czech Republic (Baros)
1 – Senegal (Niang)

Total goals: 11

Chris Malonga's effort against Lyon for Nancy on Saturday was the league's 400th goal of the 2007/08 season. Of that number, 210 goals have been scored by Frenchmen with 49 notched by Brazilians.

2007/08 Ligue 1- Goalscorer Nationalities

210 – France (Benzema (12), Bellion (10), Audel (6), Savidan (6), Vahirua (6), B. Gomis (5), Gouffran (5), Menez (5), Piquionne (5), Ben Arfa (4), Govou (4), Malonga (4), Monterrubio (4), Pujol (4), Briand (3), Dalmat (3), Gameiro (3), Hellebuyck (3), Fortuné (3), Leroy (3), Luyindula (3), Wiltord (3), Armand (2), Cabaye (2), Chelle (2), D. Cissé (2), Compan (2), Diarra (2), Didot (2), Dieuze (2), Fauvergue (2), Gakpe (2), Gavanon (2), Gigliotti (2), Gignac (2), Hognon (2), Laslandes (2), Lejeune (2), Micoud (2), Pagis (2), Plestan (2 + og), Puygrenier (2), Rodriguez (2), Sorbon (2), Thomert (2), Abdessadki (og), Abriel, Arnaud, Bamogo, Barbosa, Bassong (og), Berenguer, Bergougnoux, Biancalani, Bodmer, Bonnart (og), Bourhani, Brison, Chafni, Cheyrou, Clerc, Cohade, Demont, Dernis, Deroin, Dia, Dumont, Fanchoné, Florentin, Francois, Franquart, Frau, R. Gomis, Grandin, B. Gueye, Hengbart, Isabey, Johansen, Kante, Khiter, Landrin, Le Pen, Le Tallec, Maoulida, Marchal, Marin, Modesto, Monsoreau, Ngog, Nivet, Obertan, Pitau, Proment, Reveillere, Roudet, Samson, Sissoko, Tafforeau (og), Traore, Varrault, Quercia, Yebda, Zubar (1 + og))

49 – Brazil (De Melo (10), Juninho (6), Kim (6), Wendel (6), Ilan (4), Jussie (4), Bastos (3), A. M Santos (2), Grafite (2), Anderson, Ceara, Ederson, Rodrigo (1 + og) F. Santos)

19 – Ivory Coast (Koné (8), Dindané (5), Diané (2), Gervinho (2), Romaric (2))

16 – Senegal (Niang (10), N'Diaye (2), Diawara (og), C.M Gueye, Mangane, N'Daw)

15 – Sweden (Elmander (10), Källström (4), Hansson)

10 – Algeria (Saifi (8), Bezzaz, Ziani)

7 – Czech Republic (Koller (4), Baros (3))

6 – Argentina (Eluchans (5), Cufré)

6 – Romania (Niculae (6))

6 – Colombia (Renteria (6))

6 – Morocco (Hadji (4), Chamakh (2))

5 – Cameroon (Emana (3), Makoun, M'Bia)

5 – Switzerland (Lichtsteiner (2), Esteban, Grichting (og) Gygax) 4 – Benin (Sessegnon (4))

4 – Guinea (P. Feindouno (4))

4 – Holland (Kluivert (2), Zenden (2))

4 – Poland (Jelen (4))

4 – Portugal (Pauleta (4))

3 – Gabon (Mouloungui (3))

3 – Slovenia (Birsa (3))

3 – Spain (Nené 3)

3 – Turkey (Erding (3))

2 – Belgium (Pieroni 2)

2 – Denmark (Kahlenberg (2))

2 – Japan (Matsui (2))

2 – Mali (Coulibaly, Keita)

2 – Montenegro (Basa (2))

2 – Slovakia (Sebo 2)

1 – Albania (Cana)

1 – Croatia (Maric)

1 – Luxembourg (Pjanic)

1 – Peru (Aguirre)

1 – Tunisia (Namouchi)

Total Goals: 409