

Articles tagged with "valbuena"
Ligue 1 in the Champions League- Matchday 3
By Sarah | October 20th, 2009It is that time again-- the time where heroes are made and dreams are crushed (at least until the next game). But, seriously I think ...
Marseille keeps the Ligue 1 top spot...
By Magnusson | April 20th, 2009After what could only be described as one of the wrst first halves of the season, Marseille managed to come back in the second half ...
Marseille 2-1 Ajax, An unconvincing victory...
By Magnusson | March 13th, 2009Despite winning against a young and inexperienced Ajax team, Olympique de Marseille doesn't seem to have done what was asked of them. As we played ...
Marseille stays in the Race....
By Magnusson | February 8th, 2009Before the Sunday game, not many were betting on Marseille to beat Bordeaux and stay relevant in the chase of Lyon. Let's face it, we ...
Just in case we were getting bored...
By Magnusson | December 13th, 2008So, With the most infamous of our fans out on bail, with the team qualified for the second round of the UEFA CUP (or whatever ...
Heads held high...
By Magnusson | September 18th, 2008I like to watch our games once they're over. I usually watch them again when I want to review the performances just because sometimes I ...
Here we go again...
By Magnusson | September 16th, 2008The first thing that came to mind when the information came down that we would be facing Liverpool was disappointment at first since we already ...
NIKE ad featuring Ben Arfa and Valbuena...
By Magnusson | September 14th, 2008I just saw this ad featuring the two Marseille players and Phillippe Mexès. This ad is part of a series on the theme of "Take ...
How to break a thirty-year curse...
By Magnusson | September 12th, 2008It's been thirty one years since the last time we won against Bordeaux. The 1977-1978 season to be exact and since then we lost 17 ...
Marseille 3-1 Zenit, we deserved more...
By Magnusson | March 6th, 2008Call me greedy, call me totally ridiculous but I really came out of this game with the feeling that Marseille should have scored way more ...
Marseille - Zenit St Petersburg, the preview...
By Magnusson | March 6th, 2008With Lyon not believing in their chances enough to stay in their european competition (I really do think they should have gone for it if ...
Just in time for the Classico, we get trophies...
By Magnusson | February 17th, 2008Tonight is the night. It's the classico, the superclassico, the classic of all classics, the derby of all fucking derbys. OM-PSG, PSG-OM. A rivalry so ...
Marseille gets the job done...
By Magnusson | February 13th, 2008On their first European match of the year, the Marseillais team had to face an always hard to manoeuver russian side of Spartak Moscow. In ...
Marseille loses to a fifteen-man Rennes squad...
By Magnusson | January 17th, 2008First of all, I would like to apologize for the lack of updates lately but between getting the Senegal World Cup Blog fired up, preparing ...
Top 10 Goals of The Champions League Group Stage
By chris | December 19th, 2007The goals, as selected by UEFA, which gave the most spine tingling sensations throughout the group stages during the fall. I was going to poke ...
Bordeaux 2-2 Marseille...
By Magnusson | December 18th, 2007October 30th 1977, that was the last time Marseille beat Bordeaux at Bordeaux. And the streak will continue. At least we got a draw and ...
Marseille vs. Liverpool, It's the Vélodrome's turn...
By Magnusson | December 11th, 2007Yessir, here we are. Finally! Marseille will receive the Reds of Liverpool in two hours, actually less than two hours. And now it's the vélodrome's ...
D-2, There's no need to worry...
By Magnusson | December 10th, 2007Okay. Apparently nobody is expecting us to win Tuesday night at the Vélodrome against Liverpool. I get it, they seem super strong, they have world ...
D-3, Marseille beats Monaco...
By Magnusson | December 10th, 2007I had a few problems logging in this weekend. And i'll spare you the details and the preview of the Monaco game. Here is the ...
Lille 1-1 Marseille, the debriefing...
By Magnusson | December 2nd, 2007Marseille got a very interesting draw against a Lille who has been steadily beating us since the 2004/2005 season. It was a goalkeeper's game. Both ...
Oh No! They had to hurt Samir, the bastards (Besiktas 2-1 OM)...
By Magnusson | November 29th, 2007DISAPPOINTMENT. This is the word that best describes last night's game. We had the place to easily win the match but too many approximations and ...
Besiktas vs. Marseille Preview...
By Magnusson | November 27th, 2007The situation is simple, Marseille needs to win this game. This group is still wide open and every team can still go through. If Marseille ...
Monday afternoon, news and rumors...
By Magnusson | November 26th, 2007While the team has just arrived in Istanbul, it is time to make the round-up of a few rumors and news that have been gathered ...
Marseille 3-1 Metz, with Turkey in sight...
By Magnusson | November 25th, 2007What a great game on ourend! Marseille controlled the game from start to finish and Metz never stood a chance. We knew Metz was ...
Djibril Cissé wants you to leave him alone...
By Magnusson | November 20th, 2007Djibril Cissé insisted on being the one player to answer questions on friday morning even though the club had conveniently scheduled him for late december, ...
There were two Olympiques...
By Magnusson | November 11th, 2007What a game! Seriously one of the best games yet this year. I don't care that we won and that we could've scored more. Lyon ...
There can only be one Olympique...
By Magnusson | November 10th, 2007Great! Just what we needed! The heavyweight of the Ligue1 if ever there was one. L'Olympique Lyonnais will be receiving L'Olympique de Marseille in what ...
The Dragon will be fuming...
By Magnusson | November 6th, 2007It's now practically confirmed, André Ayew Pelé will be starting tonight's match in lieu of Djibril Cissé. And that may be a good choice given ...
Gentlemen, fight the Portuguese, not your own fans...
By Magnusson | November 5th, 2007To get back to the Champions League and to the Porto game, Marseille is everything but poised at the moment. Of course the staff will ...
Marseille is Paris 2.0
By Magnusson | November 5th, 2007OK. Now it's official. We're on our way to the worst season we've had in a long time. We drew Lorient this weekend and could ...





