A coach crash 70 kilometres south of Paris this morning claimed the lives of two Marseille fans and resulted in four people being seriously injured.

The French league decided the match should go ahead "in memory of the victims".

In an understandably subdued contest which saw Marseille's Ronald Zubar sent off just before full time, former Premier League regular Zenden's superb match-winning free-kick was the only moment of true quality.

Marseille are top of the table on seven points, the same as Lyon who beat Grenoble 2-0 in today's late kick-off.

Valenciennes beat Lorient 3-1 to end a day which started with a positive update on the condition of defender David Sommeil, who collapsed at the end of training on Wednesday but left intensive care this morning described as "stable".

Sochaux registered their first point of the season in a 1-1 draw at home to Paris St Germain.