The 'Sex Face'. With additional looming? It's a strong start from Bafe. Image: BERTRAND GUAY/AFP/Getty Images.

Aside from a perfunctory nod in the Weekend Results and the occasional photo of Yoann Gourcuff, Ligue 1 tends to remain somewhat 'off-piste' for us. But that doesn't mean we're not constantly monitoring the newswires (Editor's note: yes it does) for images of players exhibiting what we like to call 'The Five Tests of Titillation': namely those poses that we can wilfully misinterpret as an effort by a player to appear on these pages.

Clive Mason/Getty Images(Bleacher Report)On the eve of Paul Scholes' testimonial match, it is still unknown whom will be brought in by Sir Alex in the hopes of filling his void.
Not only is this a sending-off party for Scholes and his illustrious career, it is also the rebirth of one of the United States' original football clubs.

Before anyone says "WTF happened?"

Man Utd's team cobbled together the youth brigade and a few veterans with Fabien Barthez installed as custodian in a match organized by Pascal Olmeta for his children's charity. Tom Cleverley, Danny Welbeck, Chris Smalling, and Phil Jones with veterans Park Ji Sung and Patrice Evra gave a pretty decent account of themselves in the first half against an Olympique Marseilles boasting their regular starters.