Marc Janko pulled one back three minutes into the second half but substitute Andre-Pierre Gignac, who scored twice against the Faroes on Saturday, restored France's two-goal lead with a superb strike.

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In Group G, Austrian side Salzburg won 2-1 away to Italian club Lazio with late goals from Marc Janko and Franz Schiemer, the latter coming three minutes into time added on.

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The Dutch international had a snapshot smartly pushed away by keeper Nikolay Mihaylov while, at the other end, Marc Janko, who had earlier been caught by a flailing Tom Huddlestone arm, had a first-time shot skid wide.

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