PARIS: Club-record signing Vitinha scored his first two goals for Marseille as the southern club beat struggling Troyes 3-1 to move one point above Lens and into second place in the French league on Sunday. Marseille paid Portuguese club Braga 32 million euros ($34.8 million) for Vitinha in the January transfer window, but the 23-year-old player had not scored in his eight
The old French saying “the best soups are made in old pots” certainly holds true for Montpellier. The family soccer club in southern France has a myriad of former players and coaches that are part of the organizational chart, or ready to come back and help out when things go wrong.
two former winners went head to head in the other group c game, where morocco left it late to beat the four time winners ghana. former southampton winger sofiane boufal s strike in the 83rd minute sealing the win. elsewhere, guinea opened their campaign with a 1 0 win over malawi. the only goal coming in the first half from full back issiaga sylla only his third goal for his country. in the day s early game sadio mane converted a 94th minute penalty to give one of the favourites senegal a 1 0 win over zimbabwe five supporters have been arrested for incidents during crystal palace s 2 1 win at millwall in the fa cup on saturday. the fa are investigating after both sets of fans threw flares onto the pitch and a bottle struck the palace midfielder michael olise. cctv images have been sent to the police and one palace fan has been arrested. in addition, one millwall supporter was arrested for alleged discriminatory abuse, two for assaulting stewards, and anotherfor a pitch incursion.