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The Daily-Or-So News Dispatch (07.09.30)
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+ This weekend we had the chance to catch up on late matches from Week 3, and the first one was Lyon-Lens at Gerland. Lyon could go top if they took it by three goals. They did. A smart goal by Fabio Santos (I know! Isn’t that weird?), and two spectacular ones from Kimmy Kallström [...]
Category: Caen (SMC), France Ligue 1, Lens (RCL), Lyon (OL), Marseille (OM), Nancy (ASNL), Paris (PSG), Team News, Toulouse (TFC), UEFA Champions League
Tags: Caen (SMC), Champions League, France Ligue 1, Jean-Claude Darcheville, Jerome Rothen, Karim Benzema, Lens (RCL), Lyon (OL), Marseille (OM), Nancy (ASNL), Paris (PSG), Rangers, Team News, Toulouse (TFC), UEFA Champions League, Youssouf HadjiThe Daily-Or-So News Dispatch (07.09.28)
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+ Djibril Cissé charged for attempted murder? Maybe! Besiktas’ Brazilian midfielder Ricardinho has recently announced he plans to sue Marseille’s international striker for the tackle he gave him during Day 1 of the Champions League, two weeks ago. Because Ricardinho will miss roughly two months, his salary is set to lower (foreign players in Turkey [...]
My Coupe Runneth Over: Holders Bordeaux Fall to Lowly Metz!
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We were blessed this week with the Round of “32″ of la Coupe de la Ligue aka la Coupe en Carton aka la Coupe dont on se balance complètement aka the League Cup that doesn’t instill quite as much passion and excitement as a walk in the park. Kidding, of course, but still, yeah, this [...]
Goal of the Week: Round 9
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With the curtain closing on last week’s round in which Juninho emerged the winner, it is with even more pleasure that I bring you this matchday’s version of le But de la Semaine. Just so you know, the goals featured in this week’s post totally own yo mama. Here are the candidates, in order of [...]
Matchday 9: Only in France
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Only in France does a team sport their opponents’ shirts to play a match. Only in France does a player score a header that looks like an homage to the Gateway to the West. Only in France does a single player have two goals disallowed in the space of two minutes. And get this: Karim [...]
Racism in the Stands Still Alive and Well, League Doesn’t Really Care
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First off, here’s a little-known fact for the lot of you. You’re all probably familiar with Pascal Chimbonda, the novelty of France’s World Cup squad and Tottenham defender. He was acquired by Spurs in the summer of last year, after spending a year with Wigan. You’re probably not familiar with the reason why he joined [...]
Représente ta ligue: Not a Bad UEFA Cup Start for our Boys
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If you’re a France fan, it’s hard not to be a UEFA Cup fan. We rock at it, before the knockout round at least. If we could only be as good in the Champions League, we’d be set. Regardless, the lesser-cup fans were delighted today with the 38 matches being played from Russia to Scotland [...]
The Daily-Or-So News Dispatch (07.09.19)
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The big news on the French football front today was of course Lyon’s slap-in-the-face trip to Barcelona, but let’s not forget the other goings-on around the league, with other clubs gearing up for their UEFA Cup matches tomorrow, Ligue 2’s Week 7, and what Raymond Domenech has to say about Marseille’s chances in the Champions [...]
Représente ta ligue: The Lyon Sleeps Tonight
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Yes, I insist on using that headline every time, what of it? You’ve probably heard: Olympique Lyonnais were destroyed by Barcelona, Lionel Messi in particular, in Matchday 1 of the UEFA Champions League. Total humiliation, as some would have it.
Lyon are now on the bottom of Group E, after being thoroughly dominated by the Catalonians [...]
Représente ta ligue: Forget the League, OM’s Gunning for the European Championship
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Eight matches in Ligue 1 and only one win to show for it? Pish posh. They can lose against Valenciennes and Nice, but their ain’t no way Marseille were going to lose against a club whose name has two “S cédilles” (French grammar joke there). It took them a while, but the Marseillais got their [...]
Tags: Beskitas, Dijbril Cissé, European competition, France Ligue 1, Group A, Liverpool, Marseille (OM), Porto, Turkey, UEFA Champions League
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