PARIS -- Striker Andre-Pierre Gignac scored his 10th goal in the past nine games
as Marseille beat struggling Valenciennes 2-1 on Wednesday to move up to fifth
place in the French league.
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Marseille ahead in the 32nd minute following a bad mistake from defender Eloge
Yamissi, whose weak back pass fell invitingly to Gignac, who rounded goalkeeper
Nicolas Penneteau for his 16th goal of the season in all competitions. After
defender Arthur Masuaka equalized in the 38th, Florian Thauvin got the winning
goal when he was sent clean through by Mathieu Valbuena and beat Penneteau at
his near post. "Everyone was committed tonight, our team spirit was
irreproachable," Gignac said. "Were six points behind (third-place) Lille now. I
hope we carry on like this because we have two home games coming up." Tensions
were running high at Marseille in recent weeks and the players were severely
criticized after losing three straight games and conceding 11 goals in those
defeats. The fans had been getting on the teams back, even going as far as to
issue vitriolic statements, but they got behind the players at Stade Velodrome.
"The fans were great tonight. We had a constructive discussion last night,"
Gignac said. "They need to continue in this way, and so do we in terms of our
commitment."
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subsequent auctioning off of a pitcher of beer in the village square elevated
him to folk-hero status.Gonzalo Higuain scored twice as Napoli came from behind
to beat AC Milan 3-1 and reinforce its bid for a Champions League place after
Fiorentinas earlier victory over Atalanta in Serie A on Saturday. Third-place
Napoli remained three points ahead of Fiorentina, which won 2-0. "We played with
high intensity and skill, at a very high level," Napoli coach Rafa Benitez said.
"Higuain is making the difference but his teammates helped him a lot. "It
happens that you make mistakes in some matches but today we saw a team that is
growing." Adel Taarabt took less than eight minutes of his Serie A debut to fire
Milan in front, racing half the length of the pitch before curling a wonderful
finish into the bottom right corner. Gokhan Inler levelled three minutes later
with a deflected effort into the top right corner. Higuain had an effort ruled
marginally offside and Cristian Maggio hit the post as Napoli threatened to take
the lead on several occasions. The home side finally made the most of its
opportunities 11 minutes after halftime when Higuain, who had been threatening
all night, headed home a delightful cross from Inler. The Argentine doubled his
tally eight minutes from time to take his season tally to 16 in all
competitions. Shortly beforehand, Mario Balotelli broke down in tears on the
bench after being substituted off following a below-par performance from the
Italy striker. "Everyone expresses emotions in that way," Milan coach Clarencee
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happened to me before, too." It was Seedorfs first league defeat of his
fledgling managerial career. Also, Udinese beat Chievo Verona 3-0 in a
relegation battle. Josip Ilicic broke the deadlock in Florence in the 16th
minute when he curled a superb free kick into the near top right corner from 25
metres. Atalantas hopes of getting anything from the match all but evaporated
when it was reduced to 10 men nine minutes from time following Luca Cigarinis
second booking. Substitute Rafal Wolski sealed the match in the 86th, racing
almost half the length of the pitch and holding off defenders before firing
across into the bottom left corner for his first Serie A goal. Udinese had lost
four of its past five Serie A matches, while Chievo was without a win in its
past seven, scoring only four goals during that period. Chievo almost took the
lead on the half hour when Cyril Thereaus back-heeled effort crashed off the
base of the upright. Udinese went in front in the 56th when Antonio Di Natale
brought down Dusan Bastas pass and volleyed across into the bottom left corner
for his third goal in as many matches. Substitute Bruno Fernandes tapped home
Roberto Pereyras cross in the 74th and Emmanuel Badu added a third shortly
before fulltime. Udinese moved provisionally nine points clear of the relegation
zone and eight points ahead of Chievo.
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