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Established 1961 15 Sports Tuesday, October 3, 2017 Ocampos brace helps Marseille stun Nice, moves up to third in Ligue 1 Marcelo sent off as Lyon’s winless streak extend to five matches PARIS: Ten-man Marseille moved up to third in the 6-1 loss to Monaco was an accident, that it was- Ligue 1 after Lucas Ocampos hit a brace in a n’t fair.” thrilling come-from-behind 4-2 win at Mediterranean rivals Nice on Sunday. Players joined ‘GESTURE OF FRUSTRATION’ fans in a minute’s applause in memory of the two Earlier, Marcelo was controversially sent off as victims of a knife attack in Marseille earlier on Lyon’s winless streak extended to five matches after Sunday, after which the south coast rivals put on a letting a two-goal lead slip in a 3-3 draw at Angers. sparkling show. With Bruno Genesio’s visitors leading 3-1 in the In an entertaining first half, Marseille hit back 50th minute, defender Marcelo was booked for a from two goals down to head into the break leading foul on the edge of the box. 3-2. Mario Balotelli opened the scoring with a The Brazilian then accidentally knocked the yel- close-range header from a Pierre Lees-Melou cor- low card out of the referee’s hand with a dismissive ner after just four minutes while Jean Michael Serri gesture, earning a straight red card just seconds doubled Nice’s advan- after his booking. tage with a heavily- Lyon president deflected shot from Jean-Michel Aulas said outside the area. Gustavo was that he hoped Ocampos bagged his Marcelo’s suspension first soon before the shown a would be rescinded. “I half hour mark, prod- had the video, so I ding in from close straight red asked that the referee range after Nice’s watch it,” he said. “It’s defence failed to deal not a question about with a cross. trying to change this Allan Saint-Maximin blazed over when one-on- match, I was thinking about the next match against one with goalkeeper Steve Mandanda and Nice Monaco and I wanted him to see the images to were made to pay. Five minutes from the break, a show that Marcelo does not make a gesture against sliding Lees-Melou deflected a Florian Thauvin him, it’s simply a gesture of frustration.” cross past his own goalkeeper. Lyon started quickly as former Real Madrid for- And in the final minute of the half, Nice imploded ward Mariano Diaz scored his sixth league goal of again as captain Dante gave away the ball and goal- the season in the fifth minute. Rafael put through his keeper Yoann Cardinale parried Luiz Gustavo’s shot own net to draw Angers level on the half-hour mark, weakly into the air for Ocampos to nod over the but goals from Mouctar Diakhaby and former line. Two minutes into the second period, more sloppy play handed Gustavo a shooting opportunity Manchester United winger Memphis Depay put the the Brazilian gleefully accepted to find the bottom away side in control at the break. corner. Midway through the half, though, Gustavo After Marcelo’s bizarre dismissal, Angers roared was shown a straight red for following through back with goals from Karl Toko Ekambi and Ismael studs up on Lees-Melou. Traore. World-record signing Neymar scored twice, including from a penalty, as PSG moved three There was still time for Mandanda to save an NICE: Olympique de Marseille’s French goalkeeper Steve Mandanda (C) jumps to stop the points clear of champions Monaco at the top by Alassane Plea penalty after Saint-Maximin was ball during the French L1 football match between Nice and Marseille on Sunday at the thrashing Bordeaux 6-2 on Saturday. Despite tripped in the box but Marseille held out. “Allianz Riviera” stadium in Nice. — AFP “It’s a great victory, we showed that we had Radamel Falcao’s 12th goal of the season, Monaco character,” said Ocampos. “We wanted to show that were held 1-1 by Montpellier on Friday. — AFP Shilton wants England FIFA fines Germany to return to old for Nazi chants at fashioned defending World Cup qualifier LONDON: Former goalkeeper Peter Shilton says a return to old-fashioned defending is needed if England are to make an impression in next year’s World Cup finals in Russia. While England’s relative lack of goal- GENEVA: FIFA fined the German soccer federa- keeping options, compared to the days when he and tion 32,000 Swiss francs ($33,000) yesterday Ray Clemence vied for the jersey, is often lamented, because fans chanted Nazi slogans at a World Shilton believes the spotlight should be focused further Cup qualifying game in the Czech Republic. The forward. England have conceded only three times in six range of “improper conduct” charges against World Cup qualifying games against modest opposi- Germany included fans encroaching on the field tion, but have been found wanting against the world’s and setting off fireworks at the game in Prague, top strikers in recent years. They recently conceded FIFA said. three in a friendly against France. German officials said the offensive fans did not “We need to be better in defence in important BURTON UPON TRENT: England’s Harry Kane, center, and teammates attend a training buy tickets through official channels. Germany’s games and we need to shore it up,” Shilton, who holds a session at St George’s Park, Burton upon Trent, England, yesterday, ahead of their World next away World Cup qualifier is on Thursday in record 125 England caps, said in the build-up to this Cup qualifier match against Slovenia. — AP Northern Ireland. About 200 German supporters week’s World Cup qualifiers when Gareth Southgate’s chanted slogans during their team’s 2-1 win and side can seal top spot with victory over Slovenia at at major tournaments.” Butland over the next few games before the World verbally abused one of the scorers, Timo Werner. Wembley on Thursday. West Ham United keeper Joe Hart is expected to be Cup,” he said. “It’s not a foregone thing with Joe in my FIFA also fined the Czech federation 5,000 “We need to look at the options in defence now. We between the posts against Slovenia but Shilton ques- opinion. He obviously has competition now and Gareth Swiss francs ($5,150) for crowd disorder. FIFA’s need real defenders who can defend first and foremost. tions whether the Manchester City loanee should still definitely has to give Jack a game and take it from there attempts to crack down on fans chanting gay The little bit of football you get from defenders is sec- be automatic first choice. He believes Stoke City keeper depending on how he performs. ondary to me. “You have to have tough defenders so slurs saw seven national federations fined for Jack Butland should get the nod against Slovenia or in “I think Joe has the experience which is important when balls come into the box you they are there first. incidents. Argentina was ordered to pay 65,000 Sunday’s game in Lithuania. when you go into major tournaments but Butland has We need leaders too if we are going to have a chance “I think Gareth Southgate has got to play Jack never really had a chance to prove himself.” — Reuters Swiss francs ($67,000), Panama 50,000 Swiss francs ($51,500), and Hungary 20,000 Swiss francs ($20,600). Other fines were for Chile (35,000 Swiss francs; $36,000); Ecuador (20,000 Swiss francs; $20,600), Brazil (10,000 any Premier League team this season, but have netted Swiss francs; $10,300) and Mexico (10,000 only 13 times. While Manchester United, Chelsea and Swiss francs; $10,300). Klopp searches Arsenal all splashed out on forwards in the close-sea- Serbia wary Uruguay’s federation was fined 25,000 Swiss son, Klopp opted against signing a penalty box pred- francs ($25,750) for “insulting chants” by fans at for solutions to ator and the decision looks like coming back to haunt of awkward a home qualifier against Argentina. FIFA imposed him. Out-of-favour forward Daniel Sturridge is often fines of 45,000 Swiss francs ($46,400) on the on the bench and Liverpool are paying for their lack Austria: Matic soccer bodies of Iran and Ukraine. Liverpool’s woes of cutting edge. Anfield legend Jamie Carragher said: Iran was sanctioned for incidents at a home “You take it back to Manchester United last season in terms of having a lot of games where they didn’t score game against Syria, including a “pre-match cere- BELGRADE: Serbia can take nothing for granted LONDON: Heralded as Liverpool’s saviour when he and had lots of chances. “At the end of the season they mony with religious chants” and improper con- against Austria as the Balkan team bid to qualify for was appointed two years ago, Jurgen Klopp has cut just went and bought Lukaku and it looks like that duct by fans. Ukrainian fans were guilty of dis- the 2018 World Cup after an eight-year absence from an increasingly tetchy figure in recent weeks as the problem at the moment is fixed. Liverpool didn’t fix crimination with chants and banners at a home major tournaments, midfielder Nemanja Matic said Reds boss struggles to find the winning formula at the problems that needed fixing.” yesterday. game against Turkey. Anfield. European federations fined for discriminatory Serbia’s only appearance as an independent nation In contrast to his success with Borussia Dortmund, DEFENSIVE MISHAPS in a showpiece event was a group-stage exit at the behavior by fans included Romania and Klopp is still looking for his first silverware in England Only two Premier League teams have conceded Montenegro (each 25,000 Swiss francs; 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

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