Otra de las sugerencias que recibí la semana pasada para la sección de Leyendas, vino también por parte de Twitter pero esta vez de nuestro amigo Diego, de Neighborhood Football, quien pedía incluir a un histórico del Zaragoza que no lo hizo nada mal en su posterior etapa en Inglaterra y que la semana pasada fue noticia por debutar como entrenador, el uruguayo Gustavo Poyet. Click to continue reading...

What did UE Engordany of Andorra, FK Milano Kumanovo of Macedonia, Ankaraspor of Turkey and Grenoble of France had in common before last Sunday? They were all teams from European top divisions, who hadn't picked up a single point so far this season. And yes, there actually is a football league in Andorra.

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07/11/2009Le Mans - Auxerre ore 19.00Lorient - Boulogne ore 19.00Monaco - Grenoble ore 19.00Nancy - Saint Etienne ore 19.00PSG - Nice ore 19.00Valenciennes - Montpellier ore 19.00Sochaux - Lens ore 21.0008/11/2009Lille - Bordeaux ore 17.00Toulouse - Rennes ore 17.00Olympique Lyonnais - Olympique Marseille ore 21. Click to continue reading...

It is difficult for a team to recover after losing few games in a row so you can imagine how Grenoble players feel after losing 12 straight games. The League Cup defeat to Lorient probably wouldn't be a problem if it weren't for 11 defeats in as many Ligue 1 games this term.

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OCTOBER 31, 2009
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, St. Etienne
4PM ET (21:00 CET, 20:00 GMT)

Saturday, OL make their descent into Le Chaudron and you can believe it will be hot- aka Stade Geoffroy-Guichard to kick-off the only derby that really matters.

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The major non-event of last weekend was the cancellation of the Classico between Marseille and Paris SG. The supporters made up for it by rioting in downtown Marseille antagonizing locals and behaving like the idiots they are. Many arrests, mostly local fans when it seemed like the Parisians started it all. Click to continue reading...

Marouane Chamakh, Hull City's interested...
The major non-event of last weekend was the cancellation of the Classico between Marseille and Paris SG. The supporters made up for it by rioting in downtown Marseille antagonizing locals and behaving like the idiots they are. Many arrests, mostly local fans when it seemed like the Parisians started it all. Click to continue reading...

French Ligue 1 have become one of the strongest leagues in Europe during the last few years and it is constantly justifying its reputation. Round 10 this season was supposed to bring us the biggest derby of French football but the OM-PSG derby was postponed because two PSG players had contracted the swine flu.

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OCTOBER 24, 2009
Stade Municipal Du Ray, Nice
1 PM ET (19:00 CET, 18:00 GMT)
After Tuesday's unbelievable victory at Anfield, we can only hope that the players have come back down to earth- because I'm still on cloud nine- and are ready to dispatch there next league obstacle and maintain their miniscule +1 goal differential lead over second place Montpellier?

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It was quite the week for French teams in European football where Lyon showed incredible poise and Hugo Lloris certainly scored some points as the # 1 goalkeeper for France for the World Cup...it was also somewhat poetic justice to see a team Houllier successfully coached for 2 years beat Benitez's Liverpool at Anfield. Click to continue reading...

October 17, 2009
Stade de Gerland, Lyon
1 PM ET (19:00 CET, 18:00 GMT)

Well, after the short but much needed international break, Lyon head back to office. The break gave us some much needed time for the laundry list of players out due to injury, to continue their convalescences.

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17/10/2009Auxerre - Bordeaux ore 19.00Le Mans - Boulogne ore 19.00Olympique Lyonnais - Sochaux ore 19.00Montpellier - Saint-Etienne ore 19.00Nancy - Olympique Marseille ore 19.00Valenciennes - Grenoble ore 19.00Lille - Rennes ore 21.0018/10/2009Lorient - Nice ore 17.00Monaco - Lens ore 17.00Toulouse - PSG ore 21. Click to continue reading...

French Ligue 1 returns into action after the international break and Olympique Lyon are leading the title race at the moment. Bordeaux and surprise package Montpellier are just behind the leaders, while Marseille and PSG are slowly falling behind. Monaco and Lorient are also exceeding expectations at the moment, while Toulouse, Nice and Lille are not doing as well as last season.

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As we've been reporting recently on Jeu Du Jour, each of the main contenders for the Ligue 1 title this season have been losing their unbeaten records one by one. Going into last weekend's games, only two were left and one of those, unsurprisingly, was the seemingly unbeatable Bordeaux. Unbeatable, that is, until Saturday when Saint Etienne, of all teams, handed out a 3-1 beating at the Stade Geoffrey-Guichard knocking the French champions off the top spot. Click to continue reading...

What's amazing about this clip isn't so much the bad tackle or the retaliation from behind that earned both Grenoble's David Jemmali and Auxerre's Ireneusz Jelen red cards, but the fact that Danijel Ljuboja still has that ridiculously unsymmetrical hairstyle that he had way back during the 2006 World Cup.

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(video gol e highlights di Lione-Tolosa)
Ecco i risultati:
Valenciennes-Marsiglia 3-2
13' Morientes (M), 21' Bisevac (V), 22' Niang (M), 29' Ducourtioux (V), 83' Schmitz (V)
Auxerre-Grenoble 2-0
64' Pedretti, 83' Hengbart
Lorient-Paris Saint Germain 1-1
40' Mvuemba (L), 45' Hoarau (P)
Monaco-Saint Etienne 1-2
3' Sanogo (S), 54' Puygrenier (M), 90' Bergessio (S)
Montpellier-Bolougne 1-0
79' Dzodic
Nancy-Sochaux 2-1
2' rig. Click to continue reading...

Ligue 1 offered us 36 goals last weekend -- a huge improvement over the last few weeks.
Lisandro Lopez: "I am not a star."
Auxerre tied St Etienne to a draw last week and seem to gain confidence. Meanwhile, no sign of Grenoble getting a point yet. Click to continue reading...

26/09/2009Auxerre - Grenoble ore 19.00Lorient - PSG ore 19.00Monaco - Saint-Etienne ore 19.00Montpellier - Boulogne ore 19.00Nancy - Sochaux ore 19.00Valenciennes - Olympique Marseille ore 19.00Olympique Lyonnais - Toulouse ore 21.0027/09/2009Le Mans - Rennes ore 17.00Lille - Nice ore 17.00Bordeaux - Rennes ore 21. Click to continue reading...

After squeaking out a 1-0 win over St. Etienne last week, Carlos Bocanegra and Rennes demolished strugglers Grenoble 4-0 in French Ligue 1 action.
Freddy Adu was not in the squad of 18 for Belenenses, but had this to say via his Twitter page: "Not in the 18 against Academica BUT dont worry spoke with the coach and all is good. Click to continue reading...

Lisandro Lopez of Olympique Lyonnais

In a weekend which saw a total of 35 goals scored in 10 fixtures, this really was an occasion for the strikers rather than the defenders of Ligue 1! Â Several matches finished with more than 4 goals scored between the two sides and there was a minimum of two goals scored in every game played.

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Charlie Davies and Sochaux got spanked at home, while it was Carlos Bocanegra and Rennes doing some spanking of their own on the road as they shut-out last place Grenoble in weekend Ligue 1 action. Click to continue reading...

(video highlights di Boulogne-Bordeaux)
LIGUE 1, I RISULTATI:
Boulogne-Bordeaux 0-2;
Lorient-Nancy 3-1;
Sochaux-Valenciennes 2-5;
Grenoble-Rennes 0-4;
Nizza-Monaco 1-3;
St Etienne-Auxerre 1-1;
Marsiglia-Montpellier 4-2.
Oggi Paris SG-Lione, Lens-Lille, Tolosa-Le Mans. Click to continue reading...

Gudjohnsen: "I didn't come to Monaco to go boating!" Showboating then?

After a weekend of 14 goals, Ligue 1 looks like itself again: a series of physical games littered with poor finishing.

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Charlie Davies and Sochaux host bottom-half of the standings Valenciennes, while Carlos Bocanegra and Rennes head to Grenoble this weekend in French Ligue 1 action. Click to continue reading...

You know what they say about title-challenging teams: if you can play badly and still win, you've got what it takes to be the champions. The question is, does the reverse apply for relegation-threatened teams?
Grenoble are challenging the theory at the moment, that's for sure. Having played five and lost five so far this season, they've played well more often than not and yet still won nothing for their efforts. Click to continue reading...

The French Ligue 1 Â continued it 2009-10 season with several matches on Saturday. Some of these included Le Mans v Marseille, Bordeaux v Grenoble, and Lyon v Lorient. There were four 1-0 victories for home teams on Saturday and Marseille was the only road team to get a victory. Here's a recap of the French Ligue 1 for Saturday, September 12, 2009 along with video highlights.

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The French Ligue 1 Â continued it 2009-10 season with several matches on Saturday. Some of these included Le Mans v Marseille, Bordeaux v Grenoble, and Lyon v Lorient. There were four 1-0 victories for home teams on Saturday and Marseille was the only road team to get a victory. Here's a recap of the French Ligue 1 for Saturday, September 12, 2009 along with video highlights.

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12/09/2009Le Mans - Olympique Marseille ore 19.00Lille - Sochaux ore 19.00Olympique Lyonnais - Lorient ore 19.00Montpellier - Lens ore 19.00Nancy - Toulouse ore 19.00Valenciennes - Boulogne ore 19.00Bordeaux - Grenoble ore 21.0013/09/2009Auxerre - Nice ore 17.00Rennes - Saint-Etienne ore 17.00Monaco - PSG ore 21. Click to continue reading...

29/08/2009Boulogne - Auxerre ore 19.00Lens - Rennes ore 19.00Lorient - Le Mans ore 19.00Nice - Montpellier ore 19.00Saint Etienne - Grenoble ore 19.00Sochaux - Monaco ore 19.00Olympique Lyonnais - Nancy ore 19.0030/08/2009PSG - Lille ore 17.00Toulouse - Valenciennes ore 17.00Olympique Marseille - Bordeaux ore 21. Click to continue reading...

Souleymane 'Sol' Bamba appears to see his future away from Hibernian's Easter Road ground, and claims interest from some interesting names: French outfits Lorient and Grenoble, and also Premier League big guns Liverpool.
The 24-year-old former Paris Saint-Germain youngster first came to Scottish football with Dunfermline, before moving on to Hibs. Click to continue reading...

Grenoble v Marseille
Originally uploaded by toksuede Me encontre en el grupo de Futblog esta fotografia, me gusto mucho esta perspectiva de la entrada al pasto en el partido frances Grenoble vs Marseille.
El Olympique de Marsella, vigente subcampeón le gano 2-0 al Grenoble en uno de los partidos del sábado 08/08/09 de la primera jornada del campeonato frances donde el vigente campeón es el Girondins de Burdeos. Click to continue reading...

The French Ligue 1 wrapped up its 2nd week of matches on Sunday with Boulogne v Grenoble, Marseille v Lille, and Nice v Stade Rennais (Rennes). Here's a recap of all three matches along with video highlights.

Boulogne defeats Grenoble 2-1

Boulogne got a home win on Sunday behind two goals from Gregory Thil.

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15/08/2009Lens - Auxerre ore 19.00Lorient - Montpellier ore 19.00Olympique Lyonnais - Valenciennes ore 19.00Nancy - Monaco ore 19.00PSG - Le Mans ore 19.00Sochaux - Bordeaux ore 19.00Toulouse - Saint Etienne ore 19.0016/08/2009Boulougne - Grenoble ore 17.00Nice - Rennes ore 17.00Olympique Marseille ore 21. Click to continue reading...

The French Ligue 1 began their 2009-10 season on Saturday August 8, 2009. There were 8 matches on Saturday including teams Marseille, Paris Saint-Germain, and Lyon. Here are video highlights of all the matches from Saturday.

AJ Auxerre (0) – Sochaux (1) – French Ligue 1 – Saturday August 8, 2009 Le Mans (2) – Lyon (2) – French Ligue 1 – Saturday August 8, 2009 Grenoble (0) – Marseille (2) – French Ligue 1 – Saturday August 8, 2009 AS Monaco (1) – Toulouse (0) – French Ligue 1 – Saturday August 8, 2009 Montpellier (1) – Paris Saint-Germain (1) – French Ligue 1 – Saturday August 8, 2009 St Etienne (0) – Nice (2) – French Ligue 1 – Saturday August 8, 2009 Stade Rennais (Rennes) (3) – Boulogne (0) – French Ligue 1 – Saturday August 8, 2009 Valenciennes (1) – AS Nancy Lorraine (3) – French Ligue 1 – Saturday August 8, 2009 Click to continue reading...

MLS on Fox Soccer Channel: Los Angeles - New England at 5:30pm and Columbus - San Jose at 8:30pm. Barcelona - Chivas is also on Fox Soccer at 10:30pm (11pm on TeleFutura). Bundesliga on GolTV: Borussia Dortmund - Colonia at 9:30am. Ligue 1 on Setanta: Grenoble - Olympique Marseille at 3pm. MFL on TeleFutura: Queretaro - Puebla at 6pm. Click to continue reading...