Nice 4 - 1 Lyon: French Comedy on the Riviera

Goals: Nice (Bagayoko 17, Cissokho o.g. 40, Hellebuyck 69, Remy 74), Lyon (Ederson 84). Warnings: Nice (Coulibaly 5), Lyon (Cissokho 21, Gonalons 53, Reveillere 77) The entire ...

#9 Loïc Rémy

9- Loic Rémy (18), Nice, RW/ST, 87 Rating : 8.5B, Henry Talent : Rémy is a powerful winger, fast and who has a powerful shot. He’s a ...

#15 David Ospina

15- David Ospina (22), Nice, GK, 88, Columbia Rating : 8.5B, Casillas Talent : Ospina is a strong goalie with great reflexes. He needs to work on ...

Transfer Round-Up

[gallery] Incoming: Aly Cissokho: Should arrive in Lyon either today or tomorrow to take his physical and pen his deal which is said to be worth 15mill ...

Have Lyon Gone Batshit Crazy?

It was bound to happy eventually. I don't know about you guys, but after the embarrassment of last season's finish, I was dreading the oncoming ...

WEEKLY TRANSFER ROUND-UP

[gallery] Three Possible New-Comers to Gerland This Season. I'm planning to do one of these at the end of every week to sum-up the concrete, as ...

Victory in the Côte d'Azur

The long road of growth for SRFC has taken many turns this year. A triumphant unbeaten streak was off-set with a debilitating period where championship ...

Rennais look for winning edge against Niçois

With the Carnaval de Nice in the backdrop, Stade du Ray will the setting for a match that will go a long way in deciding ...

Newsies For This Week

I plan to post a much longer entry tomorrow about Lyon's winter transfer season (or lack thereof), but for now, here are some other things ...

Savourer La Victoire! (Savor The Victory): Nice/Lille Match Video

Lille Takes Three Points From Nice

Yesterday, Les Dogues played their 18th match of the 2008/09 Ligue 1 season at Stade du Ray against OGC Nice. Lille played solidly against the ...

Ligue 1 Match 18 Preview: Victory For Nice?

I have been really busy with college so posting has been tough. Anyway, Lille's 18th match of the 2008/09 Ligue 1 season kicks off this ...

a key match against Lille

Under the leadership of Rudi Garcia, Lille have enjoyed a superb start to the Ligue 1 campaign and proving that they are very capable of ...

"no fighting spirit"

Following PSG's loss to Nice, Paul Le Guen summarized the match perfectly when he stated they had "no fighting spirit." That may have been kind ...

PSG travels to the Côte d'Azur to face Nice

With the mid-week stumble against Toulouse off-setting the triumph over l'OM, PSG travels to the Côte d'Azur to face Nice at Stade du Ray. Over ...

PSG loses to Toulouse in dreary affair

Following the great victory over l'OM this weekend, PSG lost 1-0 to Toulouse at Parc de Princes in front of 42,000+. Alain Casanova’s le Téfécé ...

Lyon vs. Nice

Sorry that this match preview is so late, but I've been on vacation for the last two weeks, and John, who has kindly been covering ...

Daily Dose: 09.05.08

Stuff to read while you get arrested for indecent exposure at a nude beach..... The inevitable has happened: WAGs Offside (WAGs Offside) Reliving King Kev's first Newcastle ...

Finally, what you've all been waiting for...

Come on, admit it, the Ligue 1 party here at The Offside would never have been complete without the only Ligue 1 team to have ...

Building on Success

The online edition of L'Equipe has an interesting take on Nancy's new season, from the mouths of the players. Here are a few points that ...

Mixed Bag

Well, with a nil-nil scoreline against Lille, things could have gone better...Like not being the only game in Ligue One without a goal. :) But ...

Strengthening The Offense: Émile M'Penza

Belgian international and Manchester City striker Émile M'Penza is another attacking possibility for Lille. Our northern rivals, RC Lens also have negotiated with him. He ...

Louis Saha?

The rumour mill is alive and well and seemingly without conscious. Reports begin to circulate, with news sources quoting each other and of-course, the team, ...

Weekend Reading Material

Inara reminded me about this picture, and it had to be shared. •Sports.fr just ran a short but typically positive interview with Chouf, who admits he'd ...

Piquionne No Longer An Option?

One of our transfer hopefuls, Frédéric Piquionne, is slipping further away from Lille. OGC Nice's Maurice Cohen confirms that if Piquionne doesn't move to Lyon ...

FIFA Lets Ligue 1 Extend Transfer Window

Potential FIFA controversy? Ligue 1 reached an agreement with FIFA to extend the mercato to August 31st from the original August 17th. It is a ...

4-3-3 Formation For Lille?

Rudi Garcia may use a different formation for Lille next season. During the Cherbourg friendly, LOSC played a 4-3-3. Footlille.fr says our midfield will look ...

Rio Mavuba Officially Lillois

Rio Mavuba is now officially a Lillois! He finally signed a four year contract with Lille for around 5 to 7 million euros. Rio was ...

Daily Dose, 07.03.08

Some news to read as you have "Highway to Hell" played at your funeral: Fabio Capello lounges around in Speedos. With photographic proof. (And ...

Latest on the Transfer Front: MEGA Post

The latest news from this week...Due to the amount of material covered, I didn't post links to the original sources like I normally do, but ...