Nice-Bordeaux Stream

For anyone interested, here's a stream (embedded under the cut, because it autoplays) -- it's crappy, but it's all I've got so far. If anyone ...

All the Preview You're Gonna Get, Or: Even More Ospina!

"Je suis un gardien de but. Oui?" Gardiens: Letizi, Ospina Défenseurs: Apam, Diakité, Gace, Hognon, Jeunechamp, Kanté, Rool Milieux: Coulibaly, Echouafni, Faé, Hellebuyck, Traoré Attaquants: Bamogo, Ben Saada, Modeste, ...

And so the fun begins...

It's been a decade since Villa Park has hosted a significant Euorpean evening, so for Villa fans tonight can't come too soon. The UEFA Cup's ...

Cluj suffer disappointing loss

Maurizio Trombetta's CFR Cluj suffered a very disappointing 1-0 loss to Bordeaux in a match on a own goal by skipper Cadú nine minutes after ...

A Five Tonguer: Yoann Gourcuff

This French hottie has been sizzling on and off the pitch for both Girondins Bordeaux and Les Bleus. He's been racking up goals and assists ...

Close Northern Derby Goes Lille's Way

A French northern derby ended in Lille's favor during the 8th week of Ligue 1 football. LOSC played Valenciennes at Stadium Lille Métropole. 14,648 spectators ...

10 Things We Learned From Champions League Matchday 2

4 seeds are the new 3 seeds; or, Transylvanians, Cypriots & Belarusians are legit. BATE were very fortunate to be eying a blonde Austrian rather than ...

Photojournalism In Phrance

What story is this collection telling? Roma beat Bordeaux with two key subplots: i. Daniele De Rossi should be institutionalized. ii. Luciano Spalletti is E.T. Proof is ...

Il Danielista 2

When i heard Daniele wasn't fully fit and given Brighi's recent fine form (Reggina and Atalanta games), I didn't think it was a great idea ...

Roma's Birthday Duo

From the Curious Statistic Department: Roma beat Bordeaux 3-1 in France on the back of second half goals from Mirko Vucinic and Julio Baptista (brace), ...

Julio Baptista Takes France

Bordeaux 1 - Roma 3 Like a fine wine they became better as the time passed, only peaking at the last possible moment. Alright, now that's ...

Bordeaux v Roma Liveblog

Bordeaux 1 - Roma 3 GAME Bordeaux running, cross in headed out by Panucci. 3 minutes of extra time, now the 91st...... Strange happenings, Brazilian brainfarts I ...

Champions League Matchday Two (Wednesday) LiveBlogaganza

Another eight Champions League games today, and I'm going to try and cover them all here in one big LiveBlog. Personally, I think today's games ...

Bordeaux Mini-Preview: Who's Got The Grapes?

Roma, obviously. Doesn't that wine look fantastic? Bordeaux v Roma Non-previews seems to be good juju, we'll see if somewhere in between works as well. Here's what I ...

Gallery: Chelsea 4, Bordeaux 0

Champions League Day One Roundup!

Big story of Day One is undoubtedly from Rome. Little known Romanian side Cluj pulled off a 2-1 win against Serie A runners up Roma ...

Champions League LiveBlogs September 16th 2008

It's first day of school in the Champions League today. Who's going to show up looking smart? Who's going to show up late? And who ...

Chelsea Vs Bordeaux Liveblog!

Hello, and welcome to the first of many Champions League liveblog this season. I'll be following the group A match between Chelsea and Bordeaux here, ...

CL Prev: French fried

So, the long road back begins. Chelsea's newest Champions League adventure opens at home against French side Bordeaux on Tuesday. The Ligue 1 side has been ...

Champions League Preview - Groups A-C

The Champions League is back again Tomorrow, and it is looking like being one of the most exciting Champions League seasons in years. Will the ...

How to break a thirty-year curse...

It's been thirty one years since the last time we won against Bordeaux. The 1977-1978 season to be exact and since then we lost 17 ...

Lille/Bordeaux Match Video

Lille - Bordeaux All Goalsenvoyé par Laurent-470

Out of Relegation Zone

Lille's fourth match of the season moved the club out of relegation zone. We did lie 20th place in the table prior to match day ...

CL Draw: We'll Take It

The UEFA Champions League draw was rolled out Thursday, and Uncle Phil should be fairly pleased with the outcome. Chelsea, the No. 1 overall seed ...

The Draw

The UEFA Champion's League Trophy. The UEFA Champion's League group stage draw took place today at 12:00 EST. Lyon are in Group H, and drew: ...

Champions League Draw Armed & Ready

The final 32 clubs who will partake in this year's Champions League campaign have qualified and are all set for tomorrow's draw - set somewhere ...

PSG defeats Bordeaux 1-0, match review

As dawn arrives, for PSG fans la ville-lumière burned a little bit brighter with the extraordinary 1-0 triumph over Laurent Blanc's Bordeaux. Paul Le Guen tactics ...

week 2 Bordeaux preview part two

In continuation of part one of the Bordeaux match preview, my clear point is that Laurent Blanc has assembled the squad most likely to threaten ...

Advantage Bordeaux for 2008/9?

Even Lyon fans might have to admit that their team's dominance of Ligue 1 is getting silly. They've won the last seven French titles. Which ...

It's Back to Business: Bordeaux vs. Lyon

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I've actually missed writing up match previews. It's been over two months since Lyon's last competitive match, which ...