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| The French first-division match between Evian and Marseille on Saturday has been postponed because of freezing temperatures. The French league said on its website on Friday that a new date was yet to be set. Other Ligue 1 matches were set to go ahead as planned on Saturday and Sunday. |
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| Six French league matches will start early in the afternoon this weekend as a cold snap hitting France is damaging pitches and creating scheduling problems. Five games, including Lyon vs. Caen and Evian vs. Marseille, will start Saturday at 1400 GMT instead of 1800 GMT, the French league said Tuesday. On Sunday, Lille will also kick off at 1400 GMT against Bordeaux. |
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| Three French Cup matches have been rescheduled because of frozen pitches following a cold snap. The French Football Federation postponed Paris Saint-Germain's match at Dijon on Tuesday and Marseille's game against Bourg-Peronnas on Wednesday in the last 16 of the French Cup to Feb. 15. The FFF on Monday also called off the French Cup game between Quevilly and Orleans on Tuesday, setting Feb. |
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| All the goals were scored in the first half as the two French giants succeeded only in damaging the other's title aspirations on a chilly Provence night. |
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| Marseille and Lyon both lost ground in the French league title race by splitting the points in a 2-2 draw on Sunday. Marseille midfielder Benoit Cheyrou fired into the bottom corner to open the scoring in the 16th minute. Brazilian striker Brandao volleyed home a cross from Morgan Amalfitano to double Marseille's lead in the 34th. |
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| Olympique Marseille and
Olympique Lyon lost further ground on the Ligue 1 pacesetters
when the hosts blew a two-goal lead in a 2-2 draw at the Stade
Velodrome on Sunday.
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| Two first-division matches in the French league have been postponed because of freezing weather conditions. The match between Marseille and Lyon is the only match remaining for Sunday after Caen vs. Auxerre and Sochaux vs. Lille were called off. The LFP has not set a new date for the postponed matches. Despite the cold, all other matches went ahead on Saturday, although Saint-Etienne's home game... |
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| Brief news from Ligue 1
before this weekend's matches:
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| In-form but depleted Marseille hosts Lyon in a match that could deal a blow to the title hopes of the losing team Sunday in the French league. Marseille and Lyon are the only French teams still in the running in four competitions. Both qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League and of the French Cup and have very little room for error in the domestic league. |
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| A Brandao goal earned holders
Olympique Marseille a place in French League Cup final after a
2-1 home win over Nice in a tense game on Wednesday.
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