Guingamp pulled off a shock result by beating FC Nantes 2-0 away from home.

Nantes we favorites to win the game as Guingamp were struggling in the relegation places ahead of the match and Nantes were set to regain a promotion place.

Christian Bassila gave EAG the lead in the 32nd minute, heading home an Alharbi El Jadeyaoui corner, Gilmar then sealed the victory in the 72nd minute when he headed Guingamp into a 2-0 lead.

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Guingamp make the short journey to Nantes tonight to face a team flying high in the league so far this season.

Guingamp currently sit 2nd from bottom in the L2 season, a win tonight can see them move out of the relegation zone. FC Nantes currently sit in 4th place in the in the L2 table, a win for them could see them move up to 2nd.

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Guingamp suffered a 3-0 defeat away at Laval last night, a result that sees them drop into the relegation zone for the first time this season.

Guingamp went behind in the 34th minute, Steve Haguy opening the scoring for the Tangos (1-0, 34 mins).

The game reamined 1-0 until the 81st minute when EAG cracked and conceeded 2 late goals.

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Guingamp suffered their third straight away defeat at the hands of FC Metz last night.

Guingamp started the game brightly creating 3 good chances in the first half but Giresse, Soumah and Diallo were all unable to take their chances.

At half-time the game remained 0-0, Guingamp's failure to take their chances would once again come back to hurt them.

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Below are the highlights of Guingamp's 1-1 draw at home to Dijon on Friday night.

EAG-TV Résumé Guingamp Dijon from EAG TV on Vimeo.

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Guingamp were held to a 1-1 draw at home to a well organized Dijon side at home last night.

Injuries to key players meant that Zvunka had to make some changes to the team for the game, the most notable being Gilbert Imbula Wanga who made his first professional appearance for the club.

Zvunka also decided to play two strikers, bringing Mathieu Scarpelli in to partner Mustapha Allaoui up-front.

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Guingamp are back in action tonight after the international break and look to end their poor run of form with a win over Dijon FCO.

Dijon are level on points with Guingamp in the L2 table and have not won in the league since they beat Bastia on the 11th September.

Guingamp's most disappointing aspect this season has been the lack of goals Mathieu Scarpelli is this seasons leading scorer with just 2 goals, but he has only started 5 games this season.

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Guingamp will face struggling Nimes Olympique tonight in a game they need to win to avoid losing touch with the teams at the top of the table.

Guingamp do not have a great history in this fixture, of the 5 games played against Nimes away Guingamp have never won and have only ever scored 1 goal.

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Guingamp could only manage a 1-1 draw at home to struggling SC Bastia on Friday night.

Victor Zvunka opted for Mustapha Allaoui to partner Sebastien Grax upfront and Francois Bellugou came in for the suspended Moustapha Diallo.

It was Bastia who took the lead in the 27th minute, Nassa Niangbo was brought down in the box and former EAG striker Pierre-Yves Andre stepped up to put the ball past Stephane Trevisan (0-1, 27 mins).

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Aufgepasst liebe HSV-Fans! Die Europa League Playoff-Begegnung zwischen dem HSV und dem französischen Pokalsieger und Zweitligisten Guingamp wird nicht(!) wie angekündigt im HSV-TV gezeigt, sondern nun doch im Free-TV auf DSF. Anstoß ist 18:45 Uhr.

Das DSF und der Live-Rechteinhaber Canal+ haben sich anscheinend kurzfristig doch darauf geeignigt, das Spiel live im deutschen Fernsehen zu übertragen.

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On Friday UEFA conducted the draws for the Champions League and Europa League play-off rounds. In the Champions League, Vfb Stuttgart will be matched against FC Timisoara of Romania's Liga 1. Timisoara finished as runners-up in last year's Romanian Championship, and boast the likes of Costa Rican international striker Winston Parks.

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OL Gets Serious About The Attack!

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Lisandro Lopez: Lyon finally got their man. JMA's first signing of the summer cost OL 24 mill plus performance bonuses. Lisandro is supposed to be in Lyon Friday for his physical.

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Gourcuff et al celebrate Bordeaux's titleContinuing on from Part 1 of our 2008/2009 Winners and Losers series, we present to you Part 2, in which we assess the triumphant and troubled across the... Click to continue reading...

Here are the other Europe qualifiers... we'd be third round qualifying... Gothenberg would be fun.

Then Ajax, eh? Guingamp is a small French village near to Toby's mum's house, so that'd be good...

We can dream. We may not be dreaming for much longer.

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Domestic cup winners from around Europe, the Player of the Year announced in England, crisis at Arsenal, fans on the pitch, drunken fights and stroppy behaviour off it, all feature in this week's look at the footballing news in the good, the bad and the ugly section of languagecaster's football podcast.

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A couple of small "end of season" updates.
French Ligue 2 side Guingamp became only the second non-top flight club to win the French Cup on Saturday (and the first for 50 years) when they came from 1-0 down to beat Stade Rennes 2-1 in front of a sell-out 80,000 crowd at the Stade de France. Click to continue reading...

It was a busy weekend for Americans Abroad with Oguchi Onyewu and Carlos Bocanegra scoring goals for their respective clubs. Tim Howard earned another clean sheet while Clint Dempsey and Fulham defeated Brad Friedel and Aston Villa. Maurice Edu played for Rangers in the "Old Firm" as they defeated Celtic, and Zak Whitbread played for Millwall who's in the English League One promotion playoffs.

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Remember a couple of weeks ago, when I was heartbroken about the 4-0 thrashing Bordeaux laid down on little Cinderella team Vannes? And I was lamenting the fact that we rarely get the happy Cinderella ending we hope for? I am cheerfully eating my words today after Guingamp took down Ligue [...] Click to continue reading...

The USA's Carlos Bocanegra scored for his side Rennes in tonight's French Cup Final, but second-division side Guingamp came from behind to score a memorable upset 2-1. It's only the second time that a team from below the top flight has won the French Cup, and Guingamp will play in the Europa League (ex-UEFA Cup) next season. Click to continue reading...

Carlos Bocanegra and Rennes were denied their first trophy in 38 years, losing 2-1 to Guingamp in a dramatic Coupe de France final. Bocanegra headed Rennes in front at the Stade de France, after he got on the end of a freekick midway through the second half. But lower division Guingamp did not give up, with Eduardo grabbing two goals in the space of 11 minutes to turn the tide. Click to continue reading...

Though scoring his third goal in a Rennes jersey, Carlos Bocanegra missed out on some hardware against second-division Guingamp in Paris. Click to continue reading...

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by GIANFRANCO PANIZO

While this weekend's slate of games contains several Americans in action, the two most intriguing fixtures involving Americans Abroad come on Saturday when Carlos Bocanegra and Maurice Edu play in what will arguably be the biggest matches of their club careers.

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On Saturday, Carlos Bocanegra's Rennes play second division Guingamp in the Coupe de France final. "This is one of the biggest games of my club career," Bocanegra said. "I had a few big championship games in Major League Soccer. But over here in Europe, it is definitely up there with the most important. Click to continue reading...

First things first, the last few weeks have been very hectic in my "real life" because I've fallen behind in my research, and as a doctoral student, my adviser is not happy with me, which is why I've had to take a vacation from the soccer blogosphere. So you can imagine my disappointment that despite missing two games and nearly two weeks into the January transfer window, nothing remotely interesting has happened at Lyon.

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