Bordeaux move clear, Brandao spares MarseilleBrazilian forward Brandao earned Marseille a 1-1 draw at home to 10-man Toulouse on Saturday, while Bordeaux stretched their lead at the top of the table to four points by beating second-placed Monaco. Brandao's strike cancelled out Moussa Sissoko's opener for Toulouse, who had goalkeeper Yohann Pele sent off early on, but Didier Deschamps's expensively assembled outfit are now seven points behind defending champions Bordeaux in the table, albeit with a game in hand. Third-placed Lyon visit Saint-Etienne in the Rhone derby later on Saturday night. Toulouse were reduced to 10 men in just the eighth minute when Pele saw red for bringing down Mamadou Niang Mamadou Niang (born October 13, 1979 in Matam, Senegal) is a Senegalese football (soccer) striker, who currently plays for Olympique Marseille in Ligue 1. He is 1.78 m tall and weighs 80 kg. , but Alain Casanova's side took the lead in stunning fashion 20 minutes later when Sissoko rifled a 30-yard free-kick into the top-left corner. Pele's replacement Olivier Blondel, who was brought on for Paulo Machado
Paulo Ricardo Ribeiro de Jesus Machado (born 31 March, 1986 in Bairro do Cerco, Porto) is a Portuguese football midfielder. , came to the fore thereafter, saving from Souleymane Diawara Souleymane Diawara (born December 24, 1978 in Dakar, Senegal) is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a defender for Girondins de Bordeaux as well as for the Senegal national football team He has played for Le Havre and FC Sochaux-Montbéliard. , Lucho Gonzalez and Mathieu Valbuena Mathieu Valbuena (born 28 September, 1987) is a footballer from France who currently plays as midfielder for Olympique de Marseille in the French Ligue 1, having signed from FC Libourne Saint-Seurin in 2006. before half-time as Marseille sought an equaliser. Blondel prevented Valbuena from scoring with a sublime scissor-kick early in the second period but the visitors' resistance was broken in the 75th minute when Brandao athletically volleyed in Bakary Kone's centre from the right. Both sides pushed for the winner, with Albin Ebondo Albin Ebondo (born February 23, 1984 in Marseille) is a French football defender currently playing for Toulouse FC in the French Ligue 1. On 18 June, 2007, he signed a new contract until 2010, which his original one last until 2008. and Etienne Capoue going close for the visitors, while Niang had a shot blocked on the line by Andre-Pierre Gignac and then fired just wide in injury time. Bordeaux weathered a succession of Monaco corners in the early stages of their match at the Stade Chaban-Delmas Parc Lescure (Bordeaux) • Stade Flix-Bollaert (Lens) • Stade Gerland (Lyon) • Stade Vlodrome (Marseille) • Stade de la Mosson (Montpellier) • Stade de la Beaujoire (Nantes) • Parc des Princes , before visiting goalkeeper Stephane Ruffier was forced to keep out efforts from Yoan Gouffran Yoan Gouffran (born May 25, 1986 in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges) is a French footballer of Guadeloupean descent[1], currently playing for SM Caen. His position is striker. He has bags of pace and a is an excellent finisher with either his left or right foot. and Wendel. Laurent Blanc's men continued to press in the second half and their efforts were rewarded in the 62nd minute when defender Marc Planus Marc Planus (born 7 march, 1982 in Bordeaux) is a French football midfielder, currently playing for FC Girondins de Bordeaux. External links (French) Marc Planus French league stats at lfp. tapped home the winner after Ruffier had repelled a header by Marouane Chamakh. Polish striker Ireneuz Jelen scored his second brace in a week to fire Auxerre to their fifth straight league victory, a 2-1 home win over Montpellier. Jelen, Auxerre's top scorer last season, was on target twice in the 3-2 victory over Lille last weekend and he notched a first-half double as Jean Fernandez's team climbed to fifth in the table. Elsewhere, Europa League participants Lille won 2-0 at 10-man bottom club Grenoble, who are still without a point this season, while Nancy defeated Boulogne-sur-Mer 2-1 and seventh-placed Lorient were held 1-1 at Lens. Paris Saint-Germain, whose match at Marseille last weekend was postponed after a swine flu outbreak at the capital club, travel to Sochaux on Sunday, while Nice host Le Mans and Rennes take on Valenciennes. 
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