France Football

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Catch-up time…
Published 9/1/2008 by Magnusson at Olympique Marseille
... , then PSV Eindhoven and Atletico Madrid to finish it off. When I aw our group, my first reaction was to echo that of Sam: “Good Christ Almmighty”. BUt then again, we fought for this and you may never know. ...

Grenoble and Marseille Make Ligue 1 Interesting Again
Published 8/18/2008 by Daryl at The Offside
... ) and Lyon might still be the favourites. But if Ligue 1 keeps serving up goals like the three above then French football fans are in for a treat this season. Follow more action from Ligue 1 on France Offside .

closing in on Claude Makélélé
Published 7/19/2008 by j at Paris St Germain
... and PSG being worked out. There is still some meat left on the contract, notably its length but as I alluded to, the crux of this move will seem the French international grow from his playing days to a ambassador of the game within PSG. ...

Do You Buy Into The “New” Benfica?
Published 7/17/2008 by Greg at Portugal Football League
... Jorge Ribeiro already signed prior to him coming on board to strengthen the defense, he brought in largely unproven midfielder Hassan Yebda from French side Le Mans on a free. ...

Lyon vs. Metz
Published 2/23/2008 by Inara at Lyon
... pre-season preview here . Lyon on the other hand boast such a wide array of talent (compared to essentially the rest of France) that this game should theoretically be a walk in the park. But Lyon seem to be struggling against “easy” teams these days, so who knows. But Lyon is only one point ahead of Bordeaux, and even a draw tonight will drop them into second place, assuming Bordeaux beat Lille tomorrow. Lyon info: Maybe one day I’ll have something positive to report here. The biggest news is that both Fabio Grosso and ...

Goals of the Week
Published 2/18/2008 by chris at Italy
... | February 18th, 2008 I’ve stolen this from Sam at the France Offside and nearly every other weekly wrap up show in existence. I’ll give 3-5 goals of the week and you vote for the winner down below. Got it? Cool. The Link (Sebastian Giovinco & Nicola Pozzi) Now that’s a pretty pass. The Slalom (Antonio Cassano & Christian Maggio) It may have been a better weekend for the goal creators than goal scorers. The Angle (Francesco Modesto) He had absolutely no business whatsoever scoring this goal. (FF to the 3:00 mark) The Strike (Adrian Mutu) Just don’t give him space like ...

Sour grapes still make wine
Published 1/14/2008 by Shazback at Stade Rennais
Sour grapes still make wine By: Shazback | January 14th, 2008 After a 3-0 win against Martigues in the Coupe de France , it was back to Ligue 1 and business as Marseille came to Brittany. In fact, it was exactly 364 days since Marseille had won 2-0 for the 20th match of Ligue 1 2006/07 at Rennes , with goals from Cissé (58′) and Maoulida (90′+2′), after M’Bia had received a very harsh red card (41′) from Mr Poulat. But with both sides in the lower half of the table, victory was imperative for both sides this Sunday, however. Friends became ...