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Payet Shines as France Given a Timely Warning

by Andy Brassell at Tuesday, Mar 29 2016 12:33
Payet Shines as France Given a Timely Warning Didier Deschamps is nothing if not forgiving. The 1998 World Cup-winning captain has been involved in a number of personality clashes during his coaching career at Monaco, Marseille and now France. Yet if some of the grudges endure – former OM sporting director José Anigo is unlikely to...
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Marseille Mess Goes From Bad to Worse

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Mar 21 2016 17:50
Marseille Mess Goes From Bad to Worse “Trop de pression au Vel? Vous avez ¼ d’heure pour jouer libéré.” There were a number of banners on the Stade Vélodrome’s Virage Nord expressing the disquiet of Marseille’s ultras at their favourites’ current predicament, with the mark ...
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Imperious Paris Saint-Germain Continue to Smash Records

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Mar 14 2016 14:40
Imperious Paris Saint-Germain Continue to Smash Records “It’s only the first stage of the season. It’s not finished.” Paris Saint-Germain’s president Nasser Al-Khelaifi’s reaction after his team snared a fourth consecutive title in the most emphatic fashion possible, with a 9-0 demolition of Troyes, summed up the Ligue...
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Player Focus: Lemar Returns in Style as Caen Hold Firm Against Monaco

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Mar 7 2016 16:15
Player Focus: Lemar Returns in Style as Caen Hold Firm Against Monaco “He’s a boy who’s always listening, with an enormous amount of humility. He’s going to the very top.” Caen captain Alaeddine Yahia’s assessment of his former teammate Thomas Lemar, delivered to beIN Sports after the 20-year-old returned with Monaco on Friday night...
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Team Focus: Dembélé Decisive for Rennes in Hope Versus Hopeless

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Feb 29 2016 12:41
Team Focus: Dembélé Decisive for Rennes in Hope Versus Hopeless Rolland Courbis is not famed for keeping his head down, but his post-match press conference at the weekend began with an uncharacteristic step away from the night’s main theme. “It’s not on an evening when a colleague quits that I’m going to brag,” he said after his Ren...
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League Focus: Plethora of Strike Pairs Gives Way to Ligue 1 Goalrush

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Feb 22 2016 15:30
League Focus: Plethora of Strike Pairs Gives Way to Ligue 1 Goalrush When Bordeaux and Nice were grinding their way to a goalless draw on Friday night, we couldn’t have imagined it. Ligue 1’s spectacular Saturday was an unexpected jolt of joy after a particularly inauspicious beginning to the weekend, with the aggregate haul of 23 from the five matches pl...
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Team Focus: Nantes Reach Up Towards Former Glories

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Feb 15 2016 11:45
Team Focus: Nantes Reach Up Towards Former Glories There will have been worse hangovers this weekend. After a heady Saturday night at Stade de la Beaujoire - and there are few arenas in France that whip up such an intoxicating atmosphere at their best - Nantes supporters will have woken up, rubbed their eyes and been able to see their side in fifth ...
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Team Focus: Reims Rally With New Attacking Formula

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Feb 8 2016 15:30
Team Focus: Reims Rally With New Attacking Formula “I’m maintaining all my confidence (in him),” said Stade de Reims president Jean-Pierre Caillot of his coach, Olivier Guégan. “But I’m not giving unlimited credit.” This ‘backing’ of Guégan, in the immediate aftermath of the damaging home...
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Team Focus: Hantz Return Worth the Wait for Montpellier

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Feb 1 2016 11:30
Team Focus: Hantz Return Worth the Wait for Montpellier All things come to those who wait. The 2015/2016 season has been, thus far, the season of the coaching comeback in France. Following the return of the popular Frédéric Antonetti to Ligue 1 with Lille after a two-and-a-half year absence, it was the turn of another much-missed entra&icir...
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Match Focus: Draw Favours Nobody in Battle of the Olympiques

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Jan 25 2016 11:35
Match Focus: Draw Favours Nobody in Battle of the Olympiques It would be easy to think that L’Equipe’s Sunday morning headline, “Du KO dans l’air,” which prefaced the evening clash of the Olympiques between Lyon and Marseille, leaned towards the over-dramatic. This is, after all, only January during a season in which Paris Saint-...
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