France Football » Goal Of The Week http://france.theoffside.com News about French Ligue 1 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:20:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Goal of the Week: Round 13 http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-13-2.html http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-13-2.html#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:53:21 +0000 Thomas http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-13-2.html Congrats to last week’s winner Fahid Ben Khalfallah, who won for his goal against Rennes. There were plenty of goals to choose from this weekend, with 30 scored (10 of them in the OL-OM match).

Abdoul Razak Boukari (Lens), 85th minute, against Teddy Richert.

(second goal, 1:50)

Miralem Pjanic (Lyon), 3rd minute, against Steve Mandanda.

Sidney Govou (Lyon), 14th minute, against Steve Mandanda.

(third goal, 0:14)

Bakari Kone (Marseille), 47th minute, against Hugo Lloris.

Michel Bastos (Lyon), 90th minute, against Steve Mandanda.


Who gets the prize for Goal of the Week: Round 13?(answers)

]]> http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-13-2.html/feed 0 Goal of the Week: Round 12 http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-12-2.html http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-12-2.html#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:37:04 +0000 Thomas http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-12-2.html Congrats to last weeks winner Asamoah Gyan, who narrowly beat out Nene.

Moussa Sissoko (Toulouse), 27th minute, against Steve Mandanda

(first goal)
This spectacular long range effort from Sissoko silenced the Velodrome and bring his tally up to five league goals.

Yohan Cabaye (Lille), 27th minute (looking like a great minute), against Ronan Le Crom

(first goal)
Nice little one-two followed by a chest trap and volley, reminds me of this goal, although not quite as nice.

Gervinho (Lille), 90th minute, against Ronan Le Crom

(second goal)
In Gervinho’s second straight appearance in the poll, he goes on a miraculous dribbling rampage in which he completely dismantles the Grenoble defense before firing in from point blank range.

Fahid Ben Khalfallah (Valenciennes), 78th minute, against Nicolas Douchez (who is apparently the best player in Ligue 1)

(second goal)
Fahid Ben Khalfallah continued his inspired performance (he assisted the first goal) by dribbling from midfield into the center of the pitch and hitting a long, outside curving shot into the corner of Douchez’s net.

Brandao (Marseille), 75th minute, against Olivier Blondel

Brandao’s half-bike to tie up the game for OM barely makes the top 5, Pujol’s goal would have been here if it had actually crossed the line.

So, time to vote…


Who gets the prize for Goal of the Week: Round 12?(answers)

]]> http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-12-2.html/feed 8 Goal of the Week: Round 10 http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-10-2.html http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-10-2.html#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:23:58 +0000 Thomas http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-10-2.html Sorry for not getting one of these up last week…(emits stream of bad excuses). Virtual pat on the back to Park, winner from two weeks ago.

Nenê (Monaco), 86th minute, against Ibrahim Kone.

That’s quite a spectacular free-kick, putting Monaco ahead with four minutes left…

Nenê (Monaco), 90+2th minute, against Ibrahim Kone.

What shows real quality in a free-kick taker is consistency, and this beauty is almost exactly the same as the one that came six minutes earlier. It was if anything almost more perfect, hitting the underside of the crossbar on the way in.

Asamoah Gyan (Rennes), 90+4th minute, against Geoffrey Jourdren.

Gyan comes up with a simply sublime shot at the death against Montpellier. Nice control, wonderful placement, and flashy boots.

Andre-Pierre Gignac (Toulouse), 57th minute, against Vedran Runje.

(second goal, 1:15)
Gignac collects the ball outside the box, dribbles forward, and bangs it into the top right corner.

Gervinho (Lille), 26th minute, against Olivier Sorin.

(first goal, 0:20)
Frau receives a long ball, juggles a few times, and sends it through to Gervinho who volleys into the net from a tight angle.

Time to vote…


Who gets the prize for Goal of the Week: Round 10?(survey)

]]> http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-10-2.html/feed 2 Goal of the Week: Round 8 http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-8-2.html http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-8-2.html#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:52:54 +0000 Thomas http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-8-2.html Here are the top five goals from the Ligue 1 weekend. Cast your vote in the poll at the bottom. Let’s all give a virtual pat on the back to last weeks winner Wendel.

Benoît Pedretti (Auxerre), 17th minute, against Nicolas Douchez.


Dimitri Payet (Saint-Etienne), 94th minute, against Cédric Carrasso.

(Fourth goal)

Sidney Govou (Lyon), 7th minute, against Vedran Runje.

(First goal)

Kim Källström (Lyon), 78th minute, against Vedran Runje.

(Second goal)

Park Chu-Young (Monaco), 42nd minute, against Steve Mandanda.

It’s probably between Govou and Payet, but Kallstrom’s goal was also excellent.


Who gets the prize for Goal of the Week: Round 8?(answers)

Vote Away!

]]> http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-8-2.html/feed 6 Goal of the Week: Round 7 http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-7-2.html http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-7-2.html#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:02:14 +0000 Thomas http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-7-2.html Here we are with the top five goals of round seven. Be sure to cast your vote in the poll at the bottom of the post.

Youssouf Hadji (Nancy), 39th minute, against Teddy Richert.

(Second goal)

Moussa Sissoko (Toulouse), 8th minute, against Hugo Lloris.

(First goal)

Yannis Tafer (Lyon), 52nd minute, against Yohann Pele.

(Second goal)

Frederic Thomas (Le Mans), 30th minute, against Vedran Runje.

(Second goal)

Wendel (Bordeaux), 24th minute, against Nicolas Douchez.

I’m thinking this is probably between Hadji and Wendel, but Thomas may have an outside chance. Vote away!


Who gets the prodigious Goal of the Week acolade this round?(polling)

]]> http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-7-2.html/feed 3 Goals Of The Week http://france.theoffside.com/highlight-videos/goals-of-the-week.html http://france.theoffside.com/highlight-videos/goals-of-the-week.html#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:34:13 +0000 Corey http://france.theoffside.com/highlight-videos/goals-of-the-week.html Its back folks, Goals of the Week! Except I dont have the little poll thing from Sam yet, but write in votes will be tallied using my mathematical genius. Anyways, here are the three (sic: four) contenders for the crown:

Benzema/Ben Arfa vs. Toulouse:

I believe “exceptional” was said when Ben Arfa scored, while “Merci!” was repeated several times when Benzema did. I know the difference between a Ben Arfa and a Benzema, but these both were great so I will lump them together as 1 vote.

Diane vs. Lens:

The goal was cool for two reasons. 1. Rothens ball and 2. Watch Dianes body movement when he hits the ball, its remarkable he doesnt fluff that into the streets Paris. Diane pretty much got PSG their first home win, which makes his contributions even more important.

Ederson vs. Strasbourg:

Late, late game winner from that kinda strike is always gonna be in contention from the supremely talented Brazilian.

And because I love you, here is the rest of the weekends goals. Vote away! I especially enjoyed the luck of Djibril Cisse/calmness of Mickeal Pagis. Enjoy!

Rennes 3-1 Marseille:

Bordeaux 4-1 Auxerre:

Cavenaghi’s second was a runner up for selection.

Valenciennes 2-0 St Etienne:

Lille 1-1 Metz:

Kevin Mirallas got another shot on target but no But! Cabaye’s was pretty, but Metz’s keeper gave it to him.

Monaco 1-0 Lorient:

Sochaux 2-0 Le Mans:

Also, never trust my predictions, I was dead wrong this week. Later.

]]> http://france.theoffside.com/highlight-videos/goals-of-the-week.html/feed 4 Goal Of The Week: Round 16 http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-16.html http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-16.html#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:27:32 +0000 Sam http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-16.html Twenty-eight goals to choose from, and but three chosen. Pity, pity. But that’s the way it is here for the Goal of the Week, and I’ve got a fresh trio of beauties for you to pick from this week, after Stéphane Brison won last week’s competition. With that all history, here are, in order of the size of the stadium scored in, the candidates for this week’s golden goal.

WENDEL (Bordeaux) was in the right place at the right time to score his second goal of the match on this cracking left-footed volley.

RAFIK SAÏFI (Lorient) pulled a rabbit out of his pants here by getting a deft touch while running, putting a sombrero over the defender and an finishing nicely.

LILIAN LASLANDES (Nice) had little time to react the way he did when he met a floating ball just outside the area with this solid horizontal volley.

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]]> http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-16.html/feed 0 Goal of the Week: Round 15 http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-15.html http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-15.html#comments Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:56:26 +0000 Sam http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-15.html Never mind the Bollocks, here’s the Goal of the Week! After Aruna Dindane won the last edition with his improbable chip, I’ve got a fresh new batch of crackers for you to choose from. It’s a pity I’m limiting it to three goals, because there’s at least half a dozen that could’ve been featured. Nevertheless, here are, in order of toughness of the scorer’s FIFA World Cup preliminary group (Yes, that’s my discretion, jog on.), the candidates for this week.

IRENEUSZ JELEN (Auxerre) was on the recieving end of a great ball from Pedretti and on the supplying end of a perfect lob over Roche.

STÉPHANE BRISON (Nancy) owes his spot here to Dia, who made a joke of half the Lille squad before serving an unmissable ball to the Frenchman.

BOUDEWIJN ZENDEN (Marseille) found space and delivered a sensational left-footed strike just inside the near post.

]]> http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-15.html/feed 1 Goal of the Week: Round 13 http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-13.html http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-13.html#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:20:55 +0000 Sam http://france.theoffside.com/french-football/goal-of-the-week-round-13.html What’s that you say? You want goals? Well have I got a proposition for you! Watch these. You, the readers, have voted Rodrigo’s goal the best of the best from last week’s batch, and now you can do the same with this trio of wickedness. Here are, in order of number of letters in their last name, this week’s candidates for GOAL OF THE WEEK!

SIDNEY GOVOU (Lyon) took his sweet time outside the area and chipped Penneteau to perfection.


ARUNA DINDANE (Lens) poked the ball over the defender and somehow poked it over Janot, beautiful.

WASON RENTERIA (Strasbourg) controlled, turned, and struck, what more do you want?

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RODRIGO (Strasbourg) sizzled a unreal curving strike into the corner, plain, simple and stunning.

OLIVIER MONTERRUBIO (Lens) created a great one-two and finished it just fine.

HATEM BEN ARFA (Lyon) did well to pick up the rebound after Benzema’s fifty-yard run.

Final results:

Rodrigo 55%

Olivier Monterrubio 0%

Hatem Ben Arfa 45%

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