(Reuters) - Stade de Reims boosted their push for a European place with a deserved 2-1 win over Strasbourg on Saturday, a fitting way to mark a special occasion for the club as they also paid homage to their former great Raymond Kopa.
On another weekend of depleted fixtures in France's Ligue 1, the match was the only one of four on Saturday to survive as police requests for matches to be postponed due to social protests took their toll on the programme for a second week.
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