Cup Matches
All that has to do with France’s cups, i.e. Coupe de France and Coupe de La Ligue.
League Cup: Business As Painfully Usual
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The Round of 16 of the Coupe de la Ligue rounded to a close today, with Le Mans beating Ligue 2 misfit Chamois Niortais. Here’s a rundown of what went down and what is scheduled to go down in the quarter finals.
Lyon laid down the law against upstarts Caen yesterday, with goals from Bodmer, Keita [...]
Category: Caen (SMC), Coupe de la Ligue, Cup Matches, France Ligue 1, Le Mans (MUC 72), Lens (RCL), Lyon (OL), Monaco (ASMFC), Paris (PSG), Rennes (SRFC), Valenciennes (VAFC)
Tags: Caen (SMC), Coupe de la Ligue, Cup Matches, France Ligue 1, Le Mans (MUC 72), Lens (RCL), Lyon (OL), Monaco (ASMFC), Paris (PSG), Rennes (SRFC), Valenciennes (VAFC)League Cup: Thrills,Spills and 13 Goals in 3 Matches
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I say it way too often: Nobody cares about la Coupe de la Ligue. Well, results like the ones we witnessed today might be enough for me to reconsider that statement. While we’re still waiting for the other five matches to be played (tomorrow and thursday), the three today earned the right to be talked [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
My Coupe Runneth Over: Sochaux Claim the Cup on Penalties!
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You have to go back over four of my combined lifetimes to see FC Sochaux-Montbéliard win their last Coupe de France. Now, after a hard-fought, not to mention intense final against Marseille, they’ve won it again. A drought that began when they undertook the defense of their 1937 triumph over Strasbourg is now over, after [...]
Category: Coupe de France, Cup Matches, France Ligue 1, Marseille (OM), Match Recaps, Sochaux (FCSM), UEFA Cup Tags: Coupe de France, Cup, Cup Matches, Dijbril Cissé, France Ligue 1, Marseille (OM), Match Recaps, Penalties, Sochaux (FCSM), Stade de France, Teddy Richert, UEFA CupMy Coupe Runneth Over: The Finals Are Set, Sadly There’s No Fourth-Tier Team Involved
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Who doesn’t love cup magic? There’s always that one amateur team that knocks off a few big boys before bowing out very respectfully in the quarters. Well, France has a history of such happenings, and this year’s Coupe de France was no different. Montceau-les-Mines, the not-so-much-powerhouse that’s having a tough time breathing in France’s fourth [...]
My Coupe runneth over: The Lyon sleeps tonight, Bordeaux wins the Cup
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It’s become somewhat of a tradition since Lyon started their Ligue 1 dominance all those years ago. That of Lyon not being able to win a Cup, regardless of their brilliance in the league. I’ll hand it to them, they came pretty damn close this time, but no cigar. It’ll be FC Girondins de Bordeaux [...]
Category: Bordeaux (FCGB), Coupe de la Ligue, Cup Matches, France Ligue 1, Lyon (OL), Match Recaps, Team News, UEFA CupMy Coupe runneth over: League Cup Final! Preview!
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As Bob reported yesterday, League Cups could be on their way to getting a little more attention in years to come. This sets the stage for the grand finale of the Who Cares Cup, aka la Coupe de la Ligue. Pitting the top two finishers from last year, it will make for a more interesting [...]
My Coupe runneth over: Everyone loves a fourth-tier team in the semi-finals!
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Like Bob said in his article about the game today, only domestic cups can offer the nutsness that is amateur clubs upsetting the greats of the top flight. Let me tell you, France has a knack of doing just that. Montceau-les-Mines, we salute you. Lens, I remind you, is second in Ligue 1 with a [...]
What is the reason for Lyon’s crap streak?
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The last time Olympique Lyonnais got three points out of a Ligue 1 match was over six weeks ago, on December 17, 2006. Which in itself is not a totally eye-popping fact. But if you consider that for the entire season leading up to that 4-0 win over Lens, Lyon had only failed to win [...]
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