French Ligue 1
France Has A New King: Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux.
By: chris |
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Lyon lost their kung-fu grip on the Ligue 1 trophy some ways back and a new champion was always inevitable, but that doesn’t make it less of a story. Bordeaux beat Caen 1-0 to take home the title and send their opponents tumbling down to Ligue 2. Their first title in 10 years and the [...]
Category: French Ligue 1Winning & Losing A Title In The Boardroom.
By: chris | No Comments
I don’t spend a great deal of time contemplating the French domestic scene, yet Monday morning I took a look at the table and was shocked to see Lyon had not only dropped out of serious title contention but they’re also in danger of missing the Champions League altogether after an embarrassing 2-0 loss to [...]
Category: French Ligue 1Sunday’s Junk Pile: Bordeaux’s Sailor Boys
By: Laurie | 5 Comments
Little tidbits that made me smile this week but weren’t worth a whole post:
First, I just can’t look at Bordeaux’s kits this year without thinking of adorable little boys in sailor suits.
PSG Fans Express Their Displeasure With Ownership
By: Laurie | 2 Comments
(Before I talk about this picture, take a look. Tell me if you see any females. I think I see maybe one. Maybe.)
These are the supporters of Paris St. Germain, a notoriously rowdy bunch, expressing their displeasure with current majority owners Colony Capital.
Bordeaux Come From Three Goals Down to Win 4-3
By: Daryl | 4 Comments
The headline says it all. Incredible comeback from Bordeaux, who refused to recognize “3-0 down after 50 minutes” as the inevitable defeat that it should have been, away to Monaco. I imagine most teams would have been happy just to get the game over with and hit the casinos.
The comeback started when Marouane Chamakh headed [...]
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Tags: 4-3, Alou Diarra, Bordeaux, comeback, Fernando Cavenaghi, French Ligue 1, Marouane Chamakh, MonacoYoann Gourcuff Strips to his Bikini Undies. The Video.
By: Laurie | 8 Comments
[via ONTD]
This is one of those posts that’s going to make Chris and Daryl wake up and say, “Oh, dear Lord, what has she done now?”
What can I say? I think we need a larger female and gay male audience. (Because I am all about the success of the blog.)
Here, as [...]
“How Not To Handle a Backpass,” by Rémy Vercoutre
By: Laurie | 4 Comments
Let’s say you’re a backup goalkeeper looking to prove your value to the team. You get your chance in a Cup game where your side is heavily favored. Your side goes down 2-0 early, but then they score a goal and put you back in the game. It’s 2-1. What do [...]
The French Act Like Grownups, Avoid Footy Strike
By: Laurie | 1 Comment
French footy fans, rejoice. There will be games this weekend.
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about the probability that a strike would take down French football this weekend. At the time both sides looked set on their positions, and the strike looked inevitable.
I am happy to say that [...]
Battle of the Acronyms as France Prepares for a Strike
By: Laurie | 6 Comments
Striking is as French as baguettes, and a source of much French angst and humor. When our readers were chatting recently on the France blog about the emptiness of a stadium in Paris, one reader said,
Laurie- No one went to the game because september is the month for strikes.
Do you think people will [...]
Pascal Feindouno: Mercenary on a Mission
By: chris | 2 Comments
Pascal, current winger/forward for St. Etienne and one of their better players, is essentially holding his own club ransom. With the Asian transfer window still open - and absolutely no indication whatsoever of its date on the English-speaking web that I can find - Al Sadd announced they’d agreed a deal sending Pascal to Qatar [...]
Tags: Al Sadd, French Ligue 1, mercenary, Pascal Feindouno, Q League, Qatar, St Etienne, transfer, World FootballThe European Weekend
By: chris | 2 Comments
After kicking off the Champions League & UEFA Cup, Europe goes back home and hasn’t left us wanting, giving us some very big and very interesting games over the next two days. Though it would be nice if they all go together and split the good ones up evenly between Saturday and Sunday…
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By: Daryl | 5 Comments
We told you the omens were good for a more open Ligue 1 title race this season. Lyon can’t have it all their own way forever, and after two games they’re in the rather unfamiliar position of not being the top team in France.
But it’s not Bordeaux either: it’s tiny Grenoble, freshly promoted to [...]
Category: French Ligue 1Advantage Bordeaux for 2008/9?
By: Daryl | 5 Comments
Even Lyon fans might have to admit that their team’s dominance of Ligue 1 is getting silly. They’ve won the last seven French titles. Which is a lot. They had also won every French Champions Trophy (pre-seasonish league winner vs cup winners game) from 2002 to 2007.
And for the 2008/9 French Champions Trophy, Lyon faced [...]
Category: French Ligue 1The Offside Euro 2008 Champion: Charles Snyder
By: Dave Martinez | 5 Comments
Over three weeks of tournament action and only one country stood tall: Sweden. Ibrahimovich proved to be unstoppable in the virtual world, earning glory for his country where the real world left a bit to be desired. Standing in the finals against a tough Croatian squad, they dispatched their opponents 2-1 for [...]
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By: Inara | 6 Comments
For those of you who follow the French league, you’ll know that goals aren’t easy to come by in France. But apparently, it looks like everybody saved the best for last. A total of 43 goals were scored yesterday to bring an end to this year’s season. And what an exciting end it was!
Of [...]
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