In France, surprise package Nancy stayed third in Ligue 1 with a 2-0 home win over Monaco on Saturday.

Monaco defender Francois Modesto headed into his own net after six minutes.

Forward Serge Gakpe missed a penalty for the visitors four minutes later and Morocco midfielder Youssouf Hadji sealed Nancy's victory with a header on 19.

Nancy has 48 points from 28 games, seven points behind leader Olympique Lyon and six ahead of fourth-placed Olympique Marseille, which was entertaining St. Etienne yesterday.

Struggling Paris St. Germain suffered further embarrassment with a 0-2 defeat at Stade Rennes.

An own-goal by teenage defender Mamadou Sakho just before halftime paved the way for Rennes, which wrapped up the win with a second-half strike from Jimmy Briand.

PSG remained fourth from bottom, level on points with 18th-placed Sochaux, which won 2-1 at fellow struggler Toulouse courtesy of two goals from Turkey striker Mevlut Erding.

Toulouse is in 19th place with 29 points, and Metz is last with 18 points.

In Saturday's other games, it was: Auxerre 0, Lens 0; Caen 0, Lorient 0; Nice 0, Le Mans 0; Strasbourg 2, Metz 3; and Valenciennes 0, Lille 0.

Six-time champion Lyon and second-placed Girondins Bordeaux, which is three points adrift, were clashing at the Gerland stadium yesterday.

(Agencies via Shanghai Daily March 10, 2008)