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Now this is one of those footballing moments you just wish were more commonplace but are clearly
an oasis of rarity in a sea of poor sportsmanship. Auxerre striker Valter Birsa was felled by
Marseille man Bakari Kone, an offence the referee decided was worthy of a red card only to be told
by the victim of the accidental challenge that he had indeed got the decision wrong.
It has developed into some kind of a tradition that every year, when the African Cup of Nations
takes place in January, Chelsea come out moaning about the effect it will have on their team with a
number of players leaving their club duty to represent their countries in it's continent's most
important competition.
12/12/2009Le Mans - Valenciennes ore 19.00Lens - Nice ore 19.00Olympique Marseille - Boulogne ore
19.00Nancy - Rennes ore 19.00Lorient - Auxerre ore 21.0013/12/2009Monaco - Lille ore 17.00PSG -
Saint-Etienne ore 17.00Sochaux - Grenoble ore 17.00Toulouse - Montepellier ore 17.00Olympique
Lyonnais - Bordeaux ore 21.
Quick, the weekend's almost here.
- Ives is calling the Landon-to-Everton link a done deal.
- Carlos Vela gets new Arsenal deal.
- Liverpool wins service of Icelandic 16 year old.
- Mascherano coy about his extension talks.
- United's Campbell move applauded by Redknapp.
It was another busy day on Sunday, December 20, 2009 in the top European leagues including the
English Premier League, Italian Serie A, German Bundesliga, and French Ligue 1. While some of the
leagues have had to postpone matches, most of the top leagues were able to continue playing without
any rescheduling.
Ligue 1 on Setanta: Lyon - Montpelier at 1pm, Toulouse - Bordeaux at 3pm, and Marseille - Auxerre
at 5pm. All Times Eastern
(video gol, 0-1. Oliech)
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Perhaps filled with the mythical goodwill towards men of the holiday season, Auxerre's Valter
Birsa demonstrated an admirable bit of fair play in his side's final match before the Christmas
break last week after Marseille's Bakari Kone was shown a red card for elbowing him in the face.
Birsa pleaded with the ref to change his decision, arguing that the contact was accidental, even
though it left him writhing on the ground.
Hapoel Beer-Sheva's defense cannot be real. <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kYZ7i1WcW2M
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allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320″ height="265″> The South
American team of the decade.
It's been a real roller coaster ride for many teams in the French league this season. With half
a season gone and a deserved winter break underway it's a good time to look back at what's happened
so far in one of Europe's most competitive league.
The title race
After Bordeaux broke the dominance of Lyon last season, the beaten team made big money signings
in the summer.
