Articles tagged with "competitions"
Sour grapes still make wine
By Shazback | January 14th, 2008After a 3-0 win against Martigues in the Coupe de France, it was back to Ligue 1 and business as Marseille came to Brittany. In ...
Catania v Juventus: Preview
By roberto | January 11th, 2008I Bianconeri return to the second half of their Scudetto race this Saturday as they square off against Catania at the Stadio Massimino in Sicily. ...
Ich bin keine Hamburger
By Shazback | November 28th, 2007Hamburger SV might have one of the funniest names in professional football, but their squad is no laughing matter. Sitting on the last step of ...
Mea Culpa
By Shazback | November 24th, 2007Mea maxima culpa. I'll confess I have been a very, very bad blogger. But I'm going to make amends. The strikes in France kept me ...
Blast from the (recent) past : PSG
By Shazback | November 3rd, 20076th of October 2007 : Rennes travel to the Parc des Princes to take on a PSG side that had yet to win at home. ...
Good things come in threes.
By Shazback | October 21st, 2007Rennes are 3rd in Ligue 1. A 3-0 win over Le Mans means that Rennes is only 4 points behind Lyon, and 1 behind Nancy, ...
We lose, we win.
By Shazback | October 5th, 2007Let's be honest : France are the 4th in the UEFA Coefficients, and therefore get 3 Champions League places, 3 UEFA Cup places and 1 ...
We're underdog favourites.
By Shazback | September 27th, 2007Well, I was wrong. Terribly wrong. The 3-0 win I thought could happen turned into a 2-0 defeat. Sochaux changed from a side that was ...
They won something?
By Shazback | September 21st, 2007If you were to have missed Ligue 1 last season, you'd think I was pulling your leg if I told you that Sochaux won the ...
They haven't even got their own stadium
By Shazback | September 20th, 2007No wonder we won then... I'll stop the joking. Rennes' trip to Sofia in Bulgaria had everything to be a trick game : Rennes were favorites, ...
There can only be one
By Shazback | September 19th, 2007One Champion of Brittany that is. With Nantes leaving Ligue 1 last year and Guingamp having been enjoying Ligue 2 with Brest for the past ...
Lille get a (lucky) point
By Shazback | September 3rd, 2007For Lille's first visit to Brittany since last season's 38th game, where they managed a draw thanks to a 94th minute goal by Fauvergue that ...
UEFA Cup and Ligue Cup draws
By Shazback | September 1st, 2007Well, whilst some people have been discussing in the utmost detail the groups of the UEFA Champions League, I only care about the UEFA Cup, ...
LOSC in translation.
By Shazback | August 31st, 2007Well, with the transfer window closing, it's always good to look back on your new arrivals, and then pit them against those of your next ...
Auxerre cruise to... a 5th defeat.
By Shazback | August 31st, 2007After brushing aside Metz thanks to a Thomert brace, I'll sadly admit that Rennes' 2-0 away win against Auxerre wasn't the show I was expecting ...
Cruzeiro ties, manager suspended for 120 days!
By AJ | August 30th, 2007Cruzeiro tied Paraná (who, for some reason, have an incredible record against Cruzeiro in the last couple of years) last night in a very ...
Metzy mess and Thomert grabs two.
By Shazback | August 28th, 2007Now, I know I'm late. Damn late. But stick with me, because Rennes won, and won with class. You've got to know when you were wrong, ...
Cruzeiro 3 - 0 Corinthians: Cruzeiro makes it six straight
By AJ | August 27th, 2007Corinthians played host to Cruzeiro on Saturday (apologies for the late report) and in front of 30,000 Corinthian fans Cruzeiro won 3-0. Cruzeiro 3 - 0 ...
Derby Time!!!
By Inara | August 25th, 2007Since I've started writing for this blog only last April, I've never had the privilege of covering a derby. I plan to go all out ...
They're in quite a Metz.
By Shazback | August 25th, 2007Rennes are going to be hosts to Metz later today, so let's see what any Rennes fans can expect from the game. Metz are not ...
Cruzeiro's Out of Copa (and I'm not sad).
By AJ | August 23rd, 2007Cruzeiro has been eliminated from the Copa Sudamericana, with a final score of 2-1 on aggregate. Cruzeiro played a good game and shouldn't be blamed ...
OL Toulousified: Elmander 1 - Lyon 0
By Inara | August 12th, 2007Saturday's game was all about the Swedes. Johan Elmander has once again proved to be Lyon's undoing, but this time he had help from fellow ...
Rebuilding Lyon's Formula 1 Car: 2007-2008 Season Preview
By Inara | August 3rd, 2007One of Jean-Michel Aulas's favorite analogies is comparing Lyon to a Formula 1 car, one that is capable of shifting gears to cope with all ...
2006-2007 Recap, Or: What Went Wrong With Lyon
By Inara | August 2nd, 2007With the start of Ligue 1 only three days away, I thought I would post my long overdue post-season analysis of 2006-2007. What follows is ...
Cruzeiro too much for Botafogo
By AJ | July 30th, 200710-men Cruzeiro proved to much for Botafogo, as the fox but out the fire. It wasn't the greatest of games for Cruzeiro (up 3-0, then ...
The Milan Baros Conspiracy
By Inara | July 28th, 2007When will the football gods lay off? It's not even that Milan Baros goes looking for bad luck. Misfortune just finds him. Who else out ...
Good old Cruzeiro
By AJ | July 27th, 2007Well if you've been wondering why I haven't kept my promise of 3 - 4 posts a week, it is because I'm extremely busy as ...
What's wrong with the Sudamericana?
By AJ | July 12th, 2007It's is Sudamericana time again. For those of you who don't know, it's South America's very own UEFA Cup. When most clubs in Brazil think ...
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