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02/22 12:55 CST New coach Franck Haise steers Rennes to 3-0 win at Auxerre in
Ligue 1
New coach Franck Haise steers Rennes to 3-0 win at Auxerre in Ligue 1
PARIS (AP) --- Franck Haise's first game in charge of Rennes started with a
clinical 3-0 win at Auxerre in Ligue 1 on Sunday.
Midfielder Mahdi Camara scored two first-half goals either side of an effort
from striker Esteban Lepaul to put Rennes 3-0 up at halftime. Haise replaced
Habib Beye, who split with Rennes and is now at Marseille.
Rennes was hardly troubled in the second half and moved three points behind
fourth-placed Marseille in the race for a Champions League spot.
Rennes is in sixth place and is behind fifth-place Lille on goal difference.
Lille won 1-0 at Angers thanks to a penalty in first-half stoppage time from
veteran striker Olivier Giroud.
Struggling Auxerre is in 16th in the promotion-relegation playoff spot and
leads 17th-place Nantes on goal difference.
Lyon played at Strasbourg later Sunday looking for a club record-equaling 14th
straight win in all competitions to match the Lyon side from the 2005-06 season.
Bordeaux and Paris Saint-Germain share the French record with 16 straight wins
overall.
It has been a remarkable turnaround for coach Paulo Fonseca's Lyon side, which
avoided relegation to the second tier for financial irregularities after
winning an appeal in July.
Other matches
Also Sunday, Nice conceded a goal five minutes into stoppage time in a 3-3 home
draw with Lorient, and Nantes won 2-0 at home to Le Havre.
PSG went back to the top on Saturday after title rival Lens lost at home to
Monaco. -__
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