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Sub Cesar Delgado doubled Lyon's lead and there was still time for Sochaux to have another player, Damien Perquis, sent off.
Croatia midfielder The 27-year-old, who once joined the French club Sochaux to help save his father's chicken farm, scored the winning goal against Spain that has helped give Croatia genuine hope of going deep into the tournament.
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This is the same Ben Arfa who caused dressing-room unrest at Lyon, had a bust-up with team-mate Modeste M'bami during L'OM's warm-up before the European match against Liverpool, and who, when asked to play on the left in a League Cup defeat to Sochaux, told Mathieu Valbuena to move to the left so he could play in the middle.
The most likely way for Troyes to save themselves is if they beat Valenciennes and Sochaux lose to Bastia, which would mean they stay up on goal difference.
Wilson Oruma then went close as Sochaux tried to break, but when Kieron Dyer slid a lovely pass to Aaron Hughes, who then teed-up Craig Bellamy, the contest was over.
Elsewhere, Sochaux moved to three points behind Auxerre, after beating Valenciennes 1-0.
D.C.United also received another 11 goals this year from Charlie Davies, but the team faces a choice by Dec. 1 — either pay French club Sochaux $1.3 million to make the Davies loan permanent, or lose its second-best scorer.
When Shola Ameobi made it 2-0 only 49 seconds after the interval Newcastle were on their way, but Sochaux continued to create and the night would have been considerably more fraught had Jeremy Mathieu converted a 63rd-minute penalty.
Hot on their heels are Sochaux, looking to improve on a surprising fifth-place finish last season, and Rennes and Toulouse, who have both spent smartly: Chris Mavinga, Benoît Costil and Jonathan Pitroipa should all do well at the former, while big things are expected of Emmanuel Rivière (€6m) at Toulouse.
Last season, the Malian played a key role, along with Nigeria's Ideye Brown, in taking Sochaux up to a surprising fifth place in the league.
"The club made their intention known to to Sochaux and once everything was agreed it was my decision to opt for Dynamo Kiev over others," added Ideye.
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