Marseille — Best pictures!

Olympique de Marseille achieved its seventh victory in a row in the French championship and it’s very closer to break the hegemony of Lyon and Bordeaux. At just 4 tours before the end, Marseille is already 5 points ahead of Auxerre. The matchup was decided

Bordeaux’s young defender Marc Planus (pictured) captured the 3rd spot in the FTBL Top 23 of French defenders after his side’s convincing 4:1 victory over RC Lens in Ligue 1 action.

Olympique Marseille’s Steve Mandanda (pictured) re-claimed the top spot in the FTBL ranking of goalkeepers in the French Ligue 1 when he helped his side to a 2:0 win over Grenoble in the season opener yesterday.

Bordeaux clinched their first title in 10 years away at Caen with a 1:0 win that led to substantial changes in the FTBL rating of goalkeepers in the Ligue 1, with Marseille’s Steve Mandanda losing his top spot to Bordeaux’s Ulrich Rame (pictured left).

Marseille’s left-back and Nigeria international Taye Taiwo has grabbed the lead in our FTBL rating of best defenders of the French Ligue 1 from Bordeaux’s Senegalese defender Souleymane Diawara in addition to that of African players.