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PARIS -- Anyone who thinks Mario Balotelli is not committed to his new club Nice should watch a replay of Wednesdays 4-0 home win against Monaco, and listen to the fans chanting his name when he came off late in the second half after scoring twice.The Italian striker has scored four goals in two league games since joining on a free transfer after an unhappy spell in England with Liverpool.La-la-la-la-la-la-la, Su-per Ma-rio the Nice fans at the Allianz Riviera sang over and over when he was taken off 12 minutes from the end.As well as being involved in a physical altercation with Monaco defender Jemerson, squaring up to the Brazilian defender in the first half, he worked hard for his teammates. They have clearly taken to the controversial player once tipped for greatness after breaking into the Inter Milan side as a lightning-quick 17-year-old.He must keep going like this, hell get back to the highest level if he stays professional in every way, Nice coach Lucien Favre said. After many difficult years, the way he recovers (physically) is going to be decisive in getting back to the top. Step by step, we will help him.He was mobbed after both of his goals, the first an excellent solo effort, the second a clinical finish.So much for the Balotelli criticized for being lazy in training by former Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers. Liverpools former stalwart defender Jamie Carragher openly mocked his move to Nice, saying on Twitter that even a free transfer was paying over the odds for Balotelli.Yet he has galvanized Nice, which sits top of the league, one point ahead of Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco.Ten days ago, Balotelli scored with a first-half penalty and with a late header in a 3-2 win against Marseille.His first goal was much more special this time.Midfielder Younes Belhanda picked him out in the 30th minute with a raking 40-meter pass across the field to where Balotelli was making a surging run down the right.He controlled it on his thigh, knocked it into his stride with the next touch, surged away from Jemerson. He then drew goalkeeper Danijel Subasic toward him before slotting the ball into the opposite corner.Midway through the second half, he latched onto a pass from defender Ricardo Pereira and calmly steered the ball past Subasic as if shooting in training.Cool finishing, for a player ridiculed for having scored only two league goals in the past two seasons combined.Captain Paul Baysse and forward Alassane Plea scored the other goals.Balotellis career has been punctuated by antics such as letting off fireworks at his home when he played for Manchester City.He still hopes to win his place back for Italy -- more than four years after scoring both in a 2-1 victory over Germany in the 2012 European Championship semifinals.---LYON 5, MONTPELLIER 1Lyon midfielder Corentin Tolisso had an argument with Montpellier goalkeper Geoffrey Jourdren at halftime and smashed a goal past him from 25 meters in the second half.Montpellier led early on through midfielder Morgan Sanson but crumbled after defender Morgan Poaty was red-carded for a lunge on Tolisso.As Tolisso was doing a halftime television interview, Jourdren butted in.Youre injured? he asked sarcastically as Tolisso was speaking. Show me your injury, then.Tolisso walked off toward the players tunnel, with Jourdren talking in his ear.Having scored a first-half header, Tolisso blasted a superb angled shot past Jourdren to put Lyon 4-1 up.Nabil Fekir also scored twice, his first Lyon goals since scoring a hat trick against Caen on Aug. 29 last year.Forward Maxwell Cornet completed the scoring.---RENNES 3, MARSEILLE 2After blowing a 2-1 lead away to Nice 10 days ago, the same happened again to Marseille.Poland forward Kamil Grosicki scored a penalty in the 86th minute for Rennes and midfielder Adrien Hunou netted the winner two minutes later.Striker Bafetimbi Gomis scored both goals for the visitors, taking his tally to four in six games since joining from Swansea.Striker Giovanni So had put Rennes ahead late in the first half.---METZ 0, BORDEAUX 3Bordeaux is up to fourth place thanks to an effective strike trio.Brazilian teenager Malcom, Gaetan Laborde and Swedens Isaac Kiese Thelin all netted.---OTHER ACTIONGuingamp moved up to sixth after forward Jimmy Briands penalty earned a 1-0 win against Lorient in the Brittany derby. 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Theyve received congratulatory emails from a U.S. reality TV star, praise and support from a Hollywood actor, and 27 cases of beer from one of the most storied soccer teams in Europe.Players from tiny Glasgow soccer side East Kilbride are currently the talk of the Scottish game -- and beyond -- thanks to a 27-match winning run that the club says is creating history.Ajax holds the world record for consecutive victories at 26, achieved in the top flight of Dutch soccer in the 1971-72 season with a team containing greats like Johan Cruyff and Johan Neeskens. Officially, East Kilbride hasnt broken that record since it plays in the fifth tier of Scottish soccer, but Ajax doesnt see it that way.After the final whistle went on East Kilbrides 27th straight win in the Lowland League, an Ajax-branded van was driven onto the field at the clubs K-Park ground and the crates of beer were revealed behind its sliding side door. Also inside was a congratulatory video message from Edwin van der Sar, the former Ajax goalkeeper and a current director at the club.It was a fantastic gesture, East Kilbride chairman Mark Horner told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The fact that Ajax recognizes it (as a record), thats the main thing for us.East Kilbrides players usually play in front of around 100 spectators at the teams community-funded playing facility that is located about eight miles (13 kilometers) southeast of Glasgow, a city that has two huge, famous soccer clubs -- Celtic and Rangers. Turning out for Kilby, as the team is known locally, is a merry band of electricians, plumbers, teachers and office workers who dont get paid to play soccer, except for expenses.Now they have a place in the spotlight, with news outlets in Britain and other countries in Europe and the Middle East covering the clubs achievement of winning 14 matches at the end of last season followed by 13 at the start of this season.Jacob Kean, East Kilbrides goalkeeper, told the AP that the club has been sent emails by Sig Hansen, captain of the Northwestern boat thats the focus of the Deadliest Catch documentary series on the Discovery Channel.Hes a big fan off the club, said Kean, who is a joiner/carpenter for his fathers building firm.ddddddddddddHorner said East Kilbride-born actor John Hannah, who had roles in movies like The Mummy Returns and Sliding Doors, also is a supporter and has bought into the dream of a club that was only formed in 2010.East Kilbride is a so-called new town built in 1947 as part of the overflow from nearby Glasgow. It now has a population of 80,000 and a soccer team of which to be proud, the focal point of a community trust established by local businessmen who wanted to put something back into the area where they grew up. Among the backers for the project is Ally McCoist, a former Rangers and Scotland striker.Where we play used to be a muddy field with two highland cows on it, said East Kilbride official Ian Aitchison. Now its a field of dreams.East Kilbrides capacity at K-Park is for 500 spectators. Plans are afoot for a new facility, holding 6,000 spectators, to be built about a mile (two kilometers) away.The new stadium is another part of the jigsaw, Horner said. Our main ambition is to play in League Two (fourth tier) of Scottish football, as then were a senior club.That could soon be a reality.East Kilbride is 14 points clear in the Lowland League and is in line to enter a playoff system at the end of the season, when it could get the chance to play the last-place team in League Two.The immediate priority is extending the 27-match winning run, and next up is a game against Stirling University on Thursday. However long the streak stretches, though, it will never make it into the official record book.This is an outstanding achievement from East Kilbride, a club clearly going places and one their fans can be extremely proud of, Guinness World Records said in an email to the AP. However, due to the differing standards of professional football around the world, we only monitor records achieved in top division football. No Guinness World Records title on this occasion but a hugely impressive feat nonetheless. ' ' '