Articles tagged with "french-ligue-1"
Citius, Altius, Fortius: Olympique Lyon 5-5 Olympique Marseille
By Jan | November 8th, 2009Ligue 1's much hyped Clasico did not produce much, except for a few H1N1 antibodies. Meanwhile, the yet unnamed battle of the Olympienes (Olympico ...
Lyon v OM: Clash of the Titans
By Richard | November 7th, 2009It has been a big week for French football as two of the three Ligue 1 teams have secured their spot for the next round ...
The Dreaded Wardrobe Malfunction. But French.
By chris | November 2nd, 2009[Spotted on l'OM Offside] Fantastique blog fodder from Marseille's favorite bench-riding l'enfant terrible Hatem Ben Arfa, who had a slight wardrobe malfunction this weekend. Summoned to ...
OM-Toulouse: Match Review
By Sarah | November 1st, 2009First, thanks to Thomas for setting up the live blog during the game (as well as the later Lyon vs. St. Etienne game) and for ...
Gignac: OM is the Club of my Heart aka the OM-Toulouse Match Preview
By Sarah | October 30th, 2009Match Background Gignac has already admitted the game this weekend against Marseille will be a "special'' moment. For those who don't know anything about Gignac beyond his ...
Sports and Politics..I guess they Mix in France
By Sarah | October 30th, 2009OM-PSG on the Assembly Benches "Yah! Always the same ones who are on the bench!" "On my mother, I am vexed!" Coming from America, I find it surprising ...
The Worst: Cheyrou in Fitness Battle for Toulouse
By Sarah | October 29th, 2009Cheyrou, our most consistent player and general star this season, may not be available for Deschamps to choose this weekend. He had an ultrasound on ...
OM-PSG: November 20
By Sarah | October 29th, 2009The LFP Office announced today that the Classico will be played on Friday, November 20th. The original Ligue 1 game that weekend against Sochaux ...
Fan Mayhem caught on camera
By Sarah | October 26th, 2009UPDATED: Thanks to Rich and chrislain13000 for sending in additional videos here and here. As we reported earlier, the fans of both PSG and OM went ...
So When Will the OM-PSG game happen?
By Sarah | October 26th, 2009The Classico fixture which was suppose to take place yesterday was postponed due to a Swine Flu Infection that has infected at least 5 members ...
H1N1 = A No Go
By Richard | October 25th, 2009Of course all of you guys probably know that the classico was canceled. I was out of town (stuck in traffic no less) and heard ...
Worldwide Derby Weekend Wrap Up
By Jan | October 25th, 2009This has been a fantastic weekend to hate somebody and wish him ill almost everywhere around the world. As Daryl pointed out earlier, this weekend's fixture ...
Ben Arfa vs. Sessegnon: Advantage Sessegnon
By Sarah | October 24th, 2009As predicted, more videos have been released of this pair's duel... Ben Arfa vs Sessegnon : avantage Sessegnon Uploaded by blogrider. - Check out more sports and ...
Classico Match Preview
By Richard | October 24th, 2009"The Derby de France" "The Classico" - quite possibly the biggest match of Ligue 1 but will it live up to expectations? The storied history ...
The Kone Show feat. Marseille
By Richard | October 17th, 2009We have had quite the cloud over our heads in the month of October. Loss after loss, injuries, police investigation and even some haphazard airline ...
Whats Missing?
By Richard | October 9th, 2009Hi readers just wanted to get some input from you guys. With this embarrassing week nothing but a memory now, does anyone think this team ...
Match Preview: OM vs. Monaco
By Sarah | October 3rd, 2009Well, it has been a tough week for OM, starting with the tough loss last weekend to Valenciennes to the 7-minute fiasco in Madrid to ...
Never Tell Me the Odds
By Richard | September 28th, 2009Hello to everyone I'm Rich and new to The Offside. Introductions aside lets get down to business and talk about the upcoming match at the ...
Dressing Room Visits & Picked Pockets: Reffin' Ain't Easy.
By chris | September 28th, 2009Despite Massimo Busacca's finger flailing shenanigans and subsequent ban, he's got nothin' on the suddenly comically under fire Fredy Fautrel of the Ligue 1. There ...
And the Love Affair With Didier Deschamps Comes to An Abrupt End...
By Sarah | September 27th, 2009While there have been Didier Deschamps skeptics on The Offside since Day 1, the French media has basically been showering him with love and kisses ...
Half-Time Report: OM vs. Valenciennes
By Sarah | September 26th, 2009As the whistle blows for half-time, the score line is a lot closer than I like...but I guess it is more exciting to watch! ...
Yellow Cards for Footballers Who Spit?
By Daryl | August 26th, 2009That's what Christophe Rouillon, mayor of Coulaines, France is calling for, as part of his plan to combat swine flu. Rouillon has already banned spitting ...
Buy An Expensive Car, Risk Getting Locked In The Trunk
By chris | August 11th, 2009The late great Christopher Wallace once said, "Mo' money, mo' problems" - and ain't that the truth (mm hmm, preach it). Lille attacker Pierre-Alain Frau ...
A Long week.
By Magnusson | July 11th, 2009This week as long. A funeral, countless rumors, new signings and our first game of the season to finish it all off. The Show had to ...
Fashion Faux Pas: Lorient Unveil A Halloween Nascar Racing Suit.
By chris | July 8th, 2009[Third] Oftentimes we attack certain kits with hyperbole for effect. This is not one of those cases. This is genuinely the most hideous kit I have ...
Riberys next move - an Olympique de Marseille perspective
By Daniel Phan | June 30th, 2009Since we are ripe in the midst of the transfer season, I thought it would be interesting to provide a quick commentary on the possible ...
Drogba-to-Marseille prospect returns in cyclical fashion
By Daniel Phan | June 22nd, 2009It'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? ...
Salim Arrache leaving as well...
By Magnusson | June 10th, 2009Here are some players whose names I haven't heard in a while, Salim Arrache and Fabrice Begeorgi. The two Marseille natives were kept in rosters ...
Zubar at Wolverhampton...
By Magnusson | June 9th, 2009While everyone was expecting him to go to Bordeaux where Laurent Blanc seemed very keen on welcoming him, and where he could have become the ...
Olof Mellberg courted, Lyon seducing Mamadou Niang...
By Magnusson | June 6th, 2009The phone between Marseille and Turin has been working non stop ever since Didier Deschamps took office. After having downplayed very quickly all the rumors ...
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