If Week 14 of the 2009/10 Ligue 1 season took a little while to warm up in terms of 'goals scored', it was well and truly ablaze by the time it ended.
And end it did with the most dramatic game seen in the French top flight for many a long year. Lyon and Marseille faced each other having gained important UEFA Champions League results last week (a 1-1 draw for Lyon over Liverpool and a 6-0 thrashing by Marseille over FC Zurich) while looking to keep pace with Bordeaux at the top of the Ligue 1 table. Click to continue reading...

AC Milan vs Real Madrid:

So far we have seen Barcelona vs Internazional and Juventus vs Bayern Munich. Now we will be treated to another clash between two of Europe's most celebrated clubs.

Kaka will look to haunt his former side.

AC Milan's visit to the Bernabeu comes after they picked up a win this weekend thanks to contributions from Brazilians, Ronaldinho and Pato (finally). Click to continue reading...

Real Madrid just confirmed Ronaldo will be out injured for the next 4 weeks healing his ankle injury. The horrible tackle by Olympique Marseille's Diawara during the CL game forced Ronaldo to miss Real Madrid's game against Sevilla. Real Madrid lost and a lot was written and said about RM's dependency Click to continue reading...

After a sensational run of five league games unbeaten, newly-promoted Montpellier were finally put to the sword in a comprehensive 4-2 defeat away to a virtually full-strength Marseille side on Saturday.
And the good news for Didier Deschamps was that he finally got to see a return on the €18 million invested in Argentinean playmaker Lucho Gonzalez. Click to continue reading...

1-0 Lucho 31'2-0 M.Niang 34'3-0 E.Cisse 39'4-0 S.Diawara 50'4-1 Y.Belhanda 75'4-2 S.Camara (Pen) 87'DISCLAIMER: Calcioplus non hosta alcun video pubblicato su di esso. Tutti i video pubblicati sono caricati da amanti di calcio su siti di video hosting come Youtube e Dailymotion ed ubicati dunque su siti esterni a Calcioplus. Click to continue reading...

Of all the three main contenders for this season's Ligue 1 title, only champions Bordeaux now have a 100% record after three games following Marseille's 1-1 draw with Rennes last Saturday.
Didier Deschamps had made a great start to his new career at the Stade Vélodrome following wins over Grenoble and Lille, but Rennes are never the easiest of sides to beat - in fact the equivalent tie finished 4-4 last season. Click to continue reading...

Bordeaux took advantage of Lyon's problems last season and they managed to pip Marseille to the Ligue 1 title. That was a big success for Les Girondins led by Laurent Blanc from the bench and Yoann Gourcuff from the pitch. These two were the reasons behind team's success, although they had big help from Gourcuff's teammates.

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In his debut season as the club's manager Didier Deschamps is already making moves to ensure success in Ligue 1 and the UEFA Champions League.

On June 29, 2009 the first year manager made his first move in this year's summer transfer window by acquiring Argentinian Lucho (Luis) Gonzalez for a club record $25 million from the Portugeuse champions FC Porto.

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According to Robin Bairner at Goal.com, L'Equipe is reporting that Bordeaux are considering Arsenal defender Mikael Silvestre as a replacement for Souleymane Diawara as he looks set to leave.

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After narrowly missing out on the Ligue 1 title last season, Marseille and the new boss Didier Deschamps are determined to make things right next season. The latest reports are suggesting that they are on the verge of signing Porto playmaker Lucho Gonzalez, having agreed a €17 million fee for the Argentine player, who is thus set to become the most expensive signing in club's history.

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