The Signing of the Summer

Sainté began the season with three strait losses, including one to newly promoted US Boulogne. It seemed as if the ten time champions would ...

Match Report: PSG 1-1 Lyon

Report: We really just can't deal with those last five minutes, can we? Lyon traveled to Paris on Sunday in an extremely important match, one that ...

Summer of 2009: The Recap

[gallery] In this post I'm going to talk about all of the PSG transfers this summer, and give them a letter grade, based on how the ...

Drogba-to-Marseille prospect returns in cyclical fashion

It's intriguing, or rather not – to hear of speculation surrounding the 'imminent' return of Didier Drogba to the Vélodrome. You may ask “Why the pessimism? ...

Fun at the Weekend With Gourcuff, Pique and the Boys from Valencia

A few fun shots from Saturday for those who appreciate some good action: First, does Bordeaux's Yoann Gourcuff get even prettier when he wins things? ...

Weekend Predictions: Spanish Civil War.

There's a dearth of quality games this weekend - at least going in - with many leagues already wrapped up or others not asking us ...

PSG - Dynamo: First Leg Preview

Champions League matches may have been played on Tuesday and Wednesday, but the European competition that has the attention of fans in Ukraine and France ...

Right. Moving On.

Putting aside the grim and heartbreaking realities that a)Nice, for the most part, have failed to show the necessary commitment for two of the last ...

PSG falls to Bordeaux in Coupe de la Ligue

Parisians hopes of advancing to the Coupe de la Ligue finals perished at Parc des Princes as Bordeaux defeated PSG 3-0 in decisive fashion. With ...

What a Freaking Disaster

Oh My God Gouffran Scored

Finally, I know I have a collection of Gouffran photos for a reason.  So Gouffran finally scores for Bordeaux, against Châteauroux to beat them 2-1 (he scored ...

CdL Stuff + Schedule News

Old man's still got it. I won't bore you with a long report on the Le Havre match, but I watched it this morning and, in ...

PSG defeats RC Lens 2-0 in well played rematch

In a well played rematch of last years controversial final, PSG defeated RC Lens 2-0 in the Coupe De La Ligue quarter-finals at Parc des ...

"have nothing to lose"

Taking charge of the destiny of RC Lens seemed only right for Jean-Guy Wallemme as he represented des Sang et Or for over four-hundred matches ...

Nice 1-0 Le Havre

Doesn't matter how late the goal [video here] came or who the opponent was -- what matters is that Nice are into the semis. Hell ...

rarely should a team be as motivated

Rarely should a team be as motivated as RC Lens as they face PSG in the Coupe de la Ligue Wednesday evening. While revenge for ...

Nancy-Nice: Never Mind.

Frozen pitch. Both coaches and captains agreed with the referee that it would be dangerous to play, so everyone went home. With the CdL match against ...

Snow covered Parc des Princes

Ahead of next Wednesdays Coupe de La Ligue quarter final clash against RC Lens, Parc des Princes is blanketed in a fresh coat of snow. ...

That Ben Saada Guy Isn't Too Bad, Huh?

Ability + vision + audacity + 10 pounds of muscle = legitimate future #10 I'll have some sort of report up about the match tomorrow whether ...

PSG advances

PSG advanced in the Coupe de la Ligue with a convincing 2-0 victory over Nancy Lorraine in front of a modest crowd of under 16,000 ...

"How Not To Handle a Backpass," by Rémy Vercoutre

Let's say you're a backup goalkeeper looking to prove your value to the team. You get your chance in a Cup game where your ...

Coupe de la Ligue v Nancy Lorraine

As PSG moves forward in defending their Coupe de la Ligue crown, Paul Le Guen has a number of difficult decisions to make. At present ...

L'OL = LOL

If any of you read my match preview of yesterday's Coupe de la Ligue game against Metz, you can see that I was expecting a ...

Tiny Little Créteil Preview

I was reading -- by which I mean "looking at the charts and the pictures" -- La Gazzetta dello Sport this morning, and they had ...

CdL: Lyon vs. Metz, Round of 16

This is how we know the season has really started - when the domestic cup competitions starting clogging the calendar. From now until May (Lyon ...

Coupe de la Ligue v Monaco review

PSG defeated Monaco 1-0 in the opening match defense of their Coupe de la Ligue title. The lone goal of the match came off a ...

Goals (Rémy's) and Excuses (Mine)

Where is the blogging?! Sorry for the lack of posts, folks, I've been corralled into doing my civic duty on a jury, an obligation which we've ...

Coupe de la Ligue v Monaco

Based upon the obvious heavy-legged performance this past weekend against Saint-Étienne I am expecting Paul Le Guen to use tomorrows opening Coupe de la Ligue ...

Is it Saturday Yet?

Cyril #1 and his arms: Both happy to be back. Apologies for the lack of posts, but there's nothing freaking going on, apart from the official ...

Coupe de la Ligue update 4

The PSG Coupe de la Ligue saga continues as a Paris court has suspended the Fédération Française de Football (France Football Association) ruling, thus allowing ...