Articles tagged with "cup-matches"
League Cup: Business As Painfully Usual
By Sam | November 1st, 2007The Round of 16 of the Coupe de la Ligue rounded to a close today, with Le Mans beating Ligue 2 misfit Chamois Niortais. Here's ...
League Cup: Thrills,Spills and 13 Goals in 3 Matches
By Sam | October 30th, 2007I say it way too often: Nobody cares about la Coupe de la Ligue. Well, results like the ones we witnessed today might be enough ...
My Coupe Runneth Over: Holders Bordeaux Fall to Lowly Metz!
By Sam | September 27th, 2007We were blessed this week with the Round of "32" of la Coupe de la Ligue aka la Coupe en Carton aka la Coupe dont ...
The Daily-Or-So News Dispatch (07.09.19)
By Sam | September 19th, 2007The big news on the French football front today was of course Lyon's slap-in-the-face trip to Barcelona, but let's not forget the other goings-on around ...
My Coupe Runneth Over: Sochaux Claim the Cup on Penalties!
By Sam | May 13th, 2007You have to go back over four of my combined lifetimes to see FC Sochaux-Montbéliard win their last Coupe de France. Now, after a hard-fought, ...
My Coupe Runneth Over: The Finals Are Set, Sadly There's No Fourth-Tier Team Involved
By Sam | April 18th, 2007Who doesn't love cup magic? There's always that one amateur team that knocks off a few big boys before bowing out very respectfully in the ...
My Coupe runneth over: The Lyon sleeps tonight, Bordeaux wins the Cup
By Sam | March 31st, 2007It's become somewhat of a tradition since Lyon started their Ligue 1 dominance all those years ago. That of Lyon not being able to win ...
My Coupe runneth over: League Cup Final! Preview!
By Sam | March 30th, 2007As Bob reported yesterday, League Cups could be on their way to getting a little more attention in years to come. This sets the stage ...
My Coupe runneth over: Everyone loves a fourth-tier team in the semi-finals!
By Sam | February 28th, 2007Like Bob said in his article about the game today, only domestic cups can offer the nutsness that is amateur clubs upsetting the greats of ...
My Coupe runneth over: Highlight videos from the last 16
By Sam | February 1st, 2007Marseille 2-1 Lyon Nantes 1-0 (a.e.t.) Lille Keseru coupe de franceenvoyé par messikoala Monaco 0-2 Sochaux Manaco 0-2 Sochaux (coupe de france)envoyé par El_NiNo_90 Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 Valenciennes Cristian Rodriguezenvo
My Coupe runneth over: Now that's what I call nuts
By Sam | January 31st, 2007I'm sure every single one have read, or have been read by someone else the epic novel that is The Little Engine That Could. You ...
Why, that's awful nice of them, no?
By Sam | January 22nd, 2007Them meaning Marseille, the club that's offering their supporters free tickets to the Coupe de France match featuring the two olympiques, Marseille and Lyon. Oh, ...
My Coupe runneth over: To be cool, you gotta wait 122 minutes to score the game's first goal
By Sam | January 21st, 2007The last 32 of the Coupe de France saw not many upsets. I mean, argh, only one team from a lower division then its opponent ...
My Coupe runneth over: There, Laurie, just for you
By Sam | January 17th, 2007Please excuse the title if you're not familiar with my ever-so-obssesive sister-in-blog Laurie at WBC. But the fact of the matter is, when Juninho, Coupet, ...
My Coupe runneth over: All the big guns are still there, barely
By Sam | January 7th, 2007Not only in France, but everywhere, it's no secret that amateur clubs love Cup competition, it gives them a chance to earn some media attention ...
My Coupe runneth over: Lyon, check. A team you've never heard of, check.
By Sam | December 20th, 2006In the Coupe de la Ligue action this week, we saw Bordeaux beat Saint-Étienne in extra time and Le Mans eliminate Sochaux on the road, ...
Round of 16 - League Cup
By Sam | October 25th, 2006We're down to eight teams in the cup that no one cares about. Not too many surprises, but it wouldn't be a cup day without ...
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