Articles tagged with "french-football"
Matchday 19 - Cissé gets haircut, scores
By Sam | December 22nd, 2006Well what, you didn't expect him to keep the same hair for more than two games, did you? For his third game in bleu et ...
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, ...
Hey, us Frenchies can score spectacular bicycle kick goals, too
By Sam | December 19th, 2006Christophe Landrin scored his first goal of the season, his first for Saint-Étienne, his first in the crazy atmosphere of Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, and it was ...
Matchday 18 - Business as somewhat usual
By Sam | December 18th, 2006Gotta love that picture! This weekend, one match was on everyone's mind. THE big 'un, the newest 2nd-place team, Racing Club de Lens was welcoming ...
Barthez back in business
By Sam | December 17th, 2006As previously mentionned, retired goalkeeper Fabien Barthez has evoked an eventual return to Ligue 1. And here he is! On the French television show Téléfoot this ...
Shut up, Lille isn't a free ticket to the quarters
By Sam | December 16th, 2006Lille isn't a bad team! Grr! They beat Manchester United! They have more than enough talent to compete with anyone! Just watch! That is all.
Man U and Roma? Oh, it's on
By Sam | December 16th, 2006I was hoping for something along the lines of Lyon-Barca or Lyon-Inter, but I got AS Roma instead. Not bad. I wanted Manchester United, and ...
Ricardo Costa, Laurent Blanc, Gonzalo Higuain, Oh my!
By Sam | December 14th, 2006Mucho transfer rumours as we approach the winter window... Olympique de Marseille have seemingly found the perfect piece for the always-almost-finished puzzle that is their defence. ...
Paris-SG turns it on, finally, and what's this about Barthez?
By Sam | December 13th, 2006If you're going to win a game after a long and painful slump, you might as well make it a 4-0 win at home against ...
Paris wants you as a fan, Lyon wants you as an attacker
By Sam | December 11th, 2006The two richest clubs in the country are in two very different pickles lately. One is suffering a horrible season, is having fatal hooligan problems, ...
Ligue 2: We're halfway through
By Sam | December 10th, 2006If anyone of you can honestly tell me that you can name a Ligue 2 club without looking below, give yourself a pat on the ...
Matchday 17 - Djibril is back, Paris isn't
By Sam | December 10th, 2006Saturday was a big night at Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, for many reasons. The home leg against Monaco has long been a feisty tradition in ...
Take that, Milan, even though you don't care!
By Sam | December 6th, 2006Lille went to San Siro looking for a win and nothing else. They got nothing else. They played a great game, scoring via Peter Odemwingie ...
France in the Champs League
By Sam | December 4th, 2006The first round of the greatest club competition in the world wraps up its 2006 edition this week, with three French clubs involved. Lyon, top ...
Matchday 16 - Lyon roars still
By Sam | December 3rd, 2006Le Mans hosted Lyon in the inaugral match of the weekend, and wouldn't you know it, Lyon walked away with a yawn-tastic 1-0 win. Le ...
Yep
By Sam | November 30th, 2006I can't really give a title to this, it'll just be a rag-tag string of transfer rumours and UEFA Cup scores from the last few ...
Highlights from Matchday 15
By Sam | November 27th, 2006Troyes 1-1 Marseille Bordeaux 1-0 Saint-Étienne (Long video) Lille 1-1 Monaco Lorient 1-3 Sochaux Nice 2-2 Sedan Le Mans 1-1 Lens
Matchday 15 - Whoa, whoa, status quo
By Sam | November 27th, 2006Not a terribly exciting and goal-filled week (I'm noticing a pattern here), Matchday 15 provided us with the anticipation of next week (I'll get to ...
Lyon would like you to shut up
By Sam | November 27th, 2006Jean-Michel Aulas, president of Olympique Lyonnais, would like you to know that David Trezeguet, Nicolas Anelka or Frédéric Piquionne will not be signing with Lyon. ...
Depressingly frustrating and tragic
By Sam | November 24th, 2006This is just what Paris Saint-Germain needed at this time. Not only are they currently on a bad streak both on the pitch and in ...
Paris Saint-Germain: Frustration, Confusion and A Horrible Coach
By Sam | November 23rd, 2006Those are the three things going on these days in the French capital. The second-richest club in the country, who have a very decent array ...
France in the Champs League - Meh, I guess
By Sam | November 22nd, 2006Some not bad results, but we could've done better... REAL MADRID 2-2 LYON What a game! Lyon guarantees the first place in the group after a wild ...
France in the Champs League
By Sam | November 20th, 2006LYON vs. MADRID! Sounds delicious, doesn't it? Two of the best in the world going head-to-head in one of the biggest stadiums in the world, in ...
The daily grind
By Sam | November 20th, 2006With the winter transfer window fast approaching, France's big guns are looking to eastern Europe for young players to recruit and develop. Case in point in ...
Matchday 14 - Lyon avoid embarassment
By Sam | November 19th, 2006Not particularly high-scoring or exciting, Matchday 14 provided some interesting results that made the top 10 that much more close. Marseille FINALLY won after five ...
Ribéry ain't going nowhere
By Sam | November 17th, 2006After much speculation and media-influenced babbling, the newly sidelined Franck Ribéry has once again written in stone that he will stay in Marseille, at least ...
They've been waiting for this since I was about two years old
By Sam | November 16th, 2006Do the names "Bernard Tapie" or "Valenciennes Football Club" ring a bell? Probably not. Does the sentence "Marseille won the Champions League in 1993, only ...
Conceding seventy penalties per game will usually get you run out of town
By Sam | November 16th, 2006Mario "Jesus" Yepes, Paris SG's colossal full-back could be going the way of the Dhorasoo. Since the start of the season, Yepes has picked up ...
Cissé back soon
By Sam | November 15th, 2006Marseille's medical crew and the hospital where Djibril Cissé was operated have scheduled the Shaquille O'Neal of football's return for early December. He's been training ...
Goal of the Week
By Sam | November 14th, 2006This is the best video I could find, sorry for the baggage, but the second goal by Elmander was the chosen one, I would've hoped ...
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