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Monday 19 February 2018
French Roundup:
Lyon's poor defending surfaces again in 2-2 draw at Lille

By JEROME PUGMIRE Premier League Chelsea ters out, following a well- Lyon coach Bruno Genesio late on and saw striker
AP Sports Writer this season. Traore caused worked corner. criticized the attitude of his Mariano Diaz hit the post
PARIS (AP) — With top scor- Lille problems with his pace Since beating league players. near the end.
er Nabil Fekir starting on and skill before Lyon's poor leader Paris Saint-Germain "We're not humble enough The draw further dented
the bench, Bertrand Traore defense once again let the with a high-octane perfor- for the highest level. I told Lyon’s hopes of finishing in
scored twice for fourth- team down. mance on Jan. 21, Lyon my players what I think, to the top three and reach-
placed Lyon in a 2-2 draw Striker Nicolas Pepe scored has conceded 10 goals in a their faces. It will remain be- ing next season’s Cham-
at Lille in the French league midway through the sec- dismal run of three defeats tween us," he said. “Foot- pions League. Genesio’s
on Sunday. ond half and 17th-placed and a draw. In one of those ball is a team sport played side is three points behind
The Burkina Faso winger Lille equalized in the 81st losses — at defending by players who don’t al- Marseille — which hosted
put Lyon 2-0 up at halftime, minute through Brazilian champion Monaco — Lyon ways play for the team.” Bordeaux later Sunday —
taking his season's league forward Luiz Araujo's pow- was also 2-0 up in the first Fekir, who has 16 league and seven adrift of second-
tally to six since joining from erful low strike from 25 me- half and lost 3-2 to 10 men. goals, came off the bench placed Monaco.q
English Roundup:

Rochdale scores late vs Spurs to set up Wembley replay

ROCHDALE, England (AP) signed from Paris Saint Ger-
— What a difference a few main in the midwinter trans-
days can make. fer window, equalized in
After coming from two the 59th minute.
goals down to draw 2-2 Moura, making his first start
at Juventus in the Cham- for Tottenham, lifted the
pions League last 16 on ball over goalkeeper Josh
Tuesday, Tottenham made Lillis after a clever series
11 changes to its team on of passes from the visiting
Sunday and was held 2-2 team.
by English third-tier team Manager Mauricio Pochet-
Rochdale in the fifth round tino then sent on Kane and
of the FA Cup. Alli for the closing stages
"It was an amazing game and the England pair com-
and an amazing event for bined to put their team in
us," Rochdale manager front with three minutes to
Keith Hill said of his bottom- go.
of-the-table team. "We Hill believed his Rochdale
took the opposition on and side desreved another
we know how good they crack at Tottenham on
are. "I can't describe my Feb. 28.
emotions. It was special. “It was sacrificial behavior
I've never had a moment Rochdale's Mark Kitching, second from right, heads the ball during the English FA Cup fifth round at times and going 1-0 up
like that." soccer match between Rochdale AFC and Tottenham Hotspur at the Crown Oil Arena in Roch- we almost lit the bomb and
Rochdale had decided dale, England, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018. knew what would come,”
to dig up and re-lay the (AP Photo/Rui Vieira) he said. “The heads could
bumpy, almost grassless ball football. Hill's Rochdale It was no more than Ro- season. have gone down at 2-1 but
pitch that was used in the stroked the ball around to chdale deserved when Eight-time FA Cup winner they didn’t.
previous round against excellent effect to nullify Ian Henderson capped Tottenham, which left the “We got what we felt was
Millwall — and the reason the gulf in class between a sweeping move on the likes of Harry Kane, Dele Alli a deserved equalizer. We’ll
became clear early on the sides and secure a lu- stroke of halftime with a low and Christian Eriksen out of see the replay as an oppor-
against Tottenham. crative replay later this shot from 12 meters (yards) its starting lineup, stepped tunity. We’ll go to Wembley
Not for this team the typi- month at Spurs' temporary to score his sixth goal in as up a gear in the second and have a go.” “I was not
cal third-tier fare of long- Wembley home. many FA Cup matches this half and Lucas Moura, surprised,” he said. q

German Roundup:
Reus scores winner for Dortmund at 'Gladbach

By CIARAN FAHEY all involved in the 32nd- turned from a serious knee 19 points behind Bayern their footing as the grass
BERLIN (AP) — Marco Reus minute goal. injury last weekend against Munich, while 'Gladbach gave way. Stuttgart missed
scored his first Bundes- Goetze played the ball Hamburger SV, said he stayed 10th after its fourth several chances to seal the
liga goal of the season to to Schuerrle, who crossed wanted to play the ball fur- consecutive defeat with- result with goalkeeper Mar-
give Borussia Dortmund a for Reus on the right. Reus ther to the left "but the im- out scoring. win Hitz keeping Augsburg
1-0 win at his former team looked up and lifted the portant thing is it went in." Dortmund forward Michy in the game in the second
Borussia Moenchenglad- ball over 'Gladbach goal- Goalkeeper Roman Buerki Batshuayi failed to score half. Tayfun Korkut stayed
bach on Sunday. keeper Yann Sommer to was man of the match for for the first time in four unbeaten in his third game
Reus, Andre Schuerrle and score off the underside of producing a string of saves games since his deadline- as Stuttgart coach, while
Mario Goetze started for the crossbar. to deny the home side day switch from Chelsea, his side pulled four points
the first time together for "It was a good goal. I think what would have been a though he wasn't helped clear of the relegation zone
Dortmund, and the three he wanted to do that," deserved equalizer. by the poor condition of after its second successive
Germany teammates were Sommer said. Reus, who re- Dortmund moved second, the pitch. Some players lost win.q