Location: Stade du Roudourou
Date: 19/03/2010
Kick-off: 7:30pm GMT
Guingamp will welcome FC Metz to the Roudourou this evening in what will be a crucial game in
the teams quest for Ligue 2 survival.
Wiltord: Man to watch tonight
Victor Zvunka's men are on a poor run of form with no win in twelve league games and no goals
their last five league games.
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Location: Stade Gaston Gérard
Date: 12/03/2010
Kick-off: 7pm GMT
Guingamp's battle against relegation continues on Friday night when they travel to fellow
relegation candidates Dijon.
There are only 2 places and 3 points separating Dijon and Guingamp in the Ligue 2 table, a win
for EAG would pull them away from the relegation spots and would also stop the teams above them
moving beyond their reach.
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Guingamp put in another strong performance against a team flying high in Ligue 2 when they drew
0-0 at home to local rivals Stade Brest.
EAG dominated the first half with Mathieu Scarpelli having several opportunities to score but
once again Guingamp's lack of confidence in-front of goal was evident, Richard Soumah was causing
the Brest defense problems but Guingamp's dominance could not be turned into a goal.
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Location: Roudourou
Date: 21/02/2010
Kick-off: 2pm GMT
Guingamp will face high-flying local rivals Stade Brestois on Sunday at the Roudourou in what
should be an exciting game.
Brest are having a great season and a win against Guingamp will send them top of the Ligue 2
table for the first time this season, it is also an important game for EAG as a win on Sunday would
lift them out of the relegation zone.
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Guingamp conceded a goal at the end of each half to record their first loss in 3 league games
against Ligue 2 leaders Caen.
Caen were firm favorites for the game but it was no easy ride for the club from Normandy as EAG
made sure Caen had to work for their points.
Guingamp had first half chances for Gilmar and Scarpelli but it was Caen who snatched the first
goal of the game in the 40th minute when Steeven Langil put the ball into the Guingamp net (1-0, 40
mins).
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Location: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Date: 12/02/2010
Kick-off: 7:30pm GMT
Guingamp will face SM Caen tonight at the Stade Michel d'Ornano in the first of three important
games for the club.
Guingamp will face rivals Brest and then bottom club Bastia in their next two games after
tonight and with the club in danger of getting left adrift at the bottom end of the table they need
to pick up points from these games.
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Location: Roudourou
Date: 05/02/2010
Kick-off: 7pm GMT
EAG will face Tours FC at the Roudourou on Friday night in an attempt to move out of the L2
relegation zone.
Guingamp showed great spirit to overturn a 2-0 deficit and earn a point away at local rivals
Vannes OC last Saturday and will be looking to take some momentum into Friday's game at home to
mid-table Tours FC.
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Guingamp battled back from 2-0 down to snatch a draw away at Vannes on Saturday night thanks to
an injury time equalizer from Francois Bellugou.
Guingamp started the first half slowly and were 2-0 down by half time thanks to two goals from
former EAG player Cedric Liabeuf. The first came in the 25th minute when he converted a penalty,
the second was a shot from distance that beat Gauclin in the 40th minute.
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SoccerLens 01 February @ 05:57 AM EDT
2009, 2 February Montpellier Hérault Sport Club have just won a tough fixture away in Boulogne,
against one of their promotion rivals in Ligue 2.
A seemingly easy 3:0 victory with all the goals scored in the first half, two by Argentine
Alberto "Tino" Costa, who's never played professional football in his home country and found his
way to France through the Guadalupen league, and one by captain Nenad Dzodic, a misunderstood
character, who only managed 5 caps for Yugoslavia in international football, but who's been a key
figure for his team in French 2nd tier football.
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Location: Stade de la Rabine
Date: 30/01/10
Kick-off: 7pm GMT
Guingamp will make the 72 mile journey to Vannes tonight for a crucial derby game that could
help them kick-start thier Ligue 2 campagin.
EAG have struggled to get going in L2 this season, most likely due to their involvement in the
Europa League, Coupe de la Ligue and Coupe de France so far this season.
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Wellington Phoenix return to winning ways with a 1-0 over Adelaide United. The New Zealand based
club now has 34 points from 25 A-League matches. Jon McKain with the first-half match winner.
In United Arab Emirates Premier League action, Al Ain, third in the table, dispatched Al Nasr by
two goals.
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Toifilou Maoulida seems to be the buzz word on an otherwise deathly quiet Monday morning. At least
two of the dailies say the French striker- whose name sounds like an early Santana album filler-
could be about to join the 'Upton Park revolution' after hinting he was teetering on the verge of
leaving Lens for the Barclays Premier League.
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SoccerLens 30 December @ 02:16 AM EDT
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.
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The French Ligue Two has one feature match on Monday, December 21, 2009 which is Metz v Caen.
The match will be covered live on our other site, Free Live Sports TV, at the link below.
Metz v Caen
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With the half-way point in the season almost here, the top of the Ligue 1 table has a distinctly
strange look to it.
Beyond Bordeaux, sitting in first place (as they have been for most of this season), you'll find
last season's Ligue 2 runners-up, Montpellier, followed by Valenciennes – a team that only got
promotion to Ligue 1 in 2006.
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Over the last few weeks, Jeu Du Jour has brought to your attention the incredible rise and rise of
Auxerre, a team that won only one of their first six games this season but who this weekend took
their place at the top of the Ligue 1 table.
It's been seven years since they've been at the French football summit, but a run of seven
consecutive wins means they've now dislodged champions Bordeaux from their lofty perch.
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Soccer Pie 04 November @ 04:30 AM EDT
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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Anfield Talk 20 October @ 04:49 PM EDT
Liverpool and Inter Milan are in the hunt for highly-rated Gabon central defender Bruno Ecuele
Manga.
Manga, 21, plays his club football for Angers in France's Ligue 2. He has scored twice in nine
international appearances.
The Reds have suffered three defeats in a row, leading critics to ask questions about the form of
long-time defensive lynchpin Jamie Carragher.
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Anfield Talk 19 October @ 12:46 PM EDT
Jose Mourinho has heaped praise on Rene Krhin amid speculation connecting the Inter Milan
midfielder with a move to Liverpool.
The Slovenian teenager is regarded as an exciting prospect for the future and Liverpool are
understood to be monitoring his situation at Inter.
However, the Reds are likely to find it difficult to prise him away from Inter as he still figures
in the plans of Mourinho.
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Wenger interested in French midfield starlet.
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Although only 19 years of age and having played only 9 games in Ligue 2 (French Second
Division) to defend the colors of the modest Clermont (on loan from Rennes), the young French
striker Yacine Brahimi has begun to monopolize a great deal of speculation.
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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.
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Wenger interested in French hotshot.
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Imagine if, using some kind of hi-tech gene-splicing machine, you could create a hybrid
of two of Europe's top strikers and vastly different ones at that. We have a theory that this may
be what they're upto over in France.
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Guingamp suffered another disappointing defeat last night at the hands of Nimes.
EAG have failed to win in the league since late August and worse still have only managed 1 goal
in the 5 games previous to last nights game.
Guingamp enjoyed large spells of dominance over Nimes but the teams inability to score goals
means the club travel back home empty handed.
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We're only 24 hours away from a much needed international break. With Lyon's upcoming fixture
schedule, the boys will need every opportunity to rest up. Of course, that isn't the case for our
international players, but at least the other half of the squad can recuperate from half-healed
injuries (I'm looking at you, Lisandro).
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Note the day in your diary: Sunday 30th August 2009 – the day Bordeaux's record breaking run of
consecutive wins finally came to an end. Not that it saw a change in leader at the top of the Ligue
1 table – Les Girondins' 0-0 draw at Marseille means they remain the team to beat in France.
Bordeaux's run of fourteen back-to-back league wins that started in mid-March 2009 finally ended
following a goalless draw at the Stade Velodrome.
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The 4th matchday of France highest level of club football featured a matchup of the top two teams
from last season. Last season's runner-up Olympique Marseille hosted champions Girondins Bordeaux.
It was a back and forth affair that ended up in a 0-0 draw at Marseille's Stade Velodrome. Both
sides remained unbeaten on the season as Bordeaux stayed on top of the standings.
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BWFC 24 31 August @ 11:01 AM EDT
There are mixed reports about whether Bolton Wanderers are about to sign Croatian international
Ivan Klasnic from recently relegated Nantes. It is thought that Klasnic has been flown over to sign
with The Wanderers today, but whether he will be on loan from the Ligue 2 side or signed
permanently for a reported £3m is uncertain.
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A new dawn may have risen on Ligue 1 but there was a definite air of 'as you were' about the
opening weekend of fixtures in France.
Reigning champions Bordeaux (how nice it is to say that for a change) picked up from where they
left off at the end of last season with a 4-1 drubbing of Lens.
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Ladies & gentlemen in an attempt to expand Mad About Futbol's reach we are going to start giving
you roundups of the France's Ligue 1. France's top league of football is one of the most important
in the world and deserves more attention than it currently receives. Therefore, MAF will give you a
weekly roundup of Ligue 1 including the scores & standings from the most recent round.
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Tomorrow marks the start of Lyon's 2009-2010 season. For the first time in a really long time,
Lyon will be fighting to earn back the title, as opposed to defending it (maybe this will help the
team wake up from their apathy). Tomorrow they'll be facing Le Mans, who are definitely capable of
surprises on their good days.
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France's Champions Trophy took place with some success in French Canada a couple of weeks ago,
the regular preseason contest between the French league and cup winners held outside France for the
first time. Most of the impressive crowd of 34,000+ present in Montreal would have instantly
recognised the winners Bordeaux, of course, but their opponents may have been less familiar to fans
when they first read about the contest En Avant Guingamp are hardly a household name around the
world, after all.
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Soccerblog 05 August @ 09:17 AM EDT
Les Girondins stock is incredibly high because Laurent Blanc whose footballing IQ must make him
the Albert Einstein of the sport has fashioned a team in which "eleven players think the same thing
at the same time."
The French Ligue threw up so many surprises last season. Lyon's uninterrupted reign was finally
ended and Guingamp won the Coupe De France.
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Yanks Abroad 03 August @ 03:01 PM EDT
American shot-stopper Quentin Westberg shutout Nantes as they knocked the Ligue 2 team out of the
French League Cup by a lopsided 4-0 scoreline.
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The Offside 01 August @ 02:13 PM EDT
Some news and such that's far too good to pass up, but not quite enough for an entire post. First,
we've all heard of the Church Of Maradona, right? Dedicated to Diego? Altars like the one to our
left? But did you know that the church has 10 commandments? [...]
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Football Club de Metz is a French football team from the town of Metz, in the Lorraine region.
Nicknamed Les Grenats, FC Metz currently campaigns in the French Ligue 2. FC Metz has launched its
Kappa home and away kits for the 2009/10 season. Here's a look at them along with the 09/10 team
picture. Check out [.
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Soccer Pie 11 July @ 03:27 AM EDT
After losing the race for Filipe Melo to Juventus, Arsenal turned their attention to Blaise
Matuidi, or as the French call him, ‘next Makelele'.
The 22-year-old player came to prominence thanks to impressive displays for Saint Etienne and
considering that he rejected the offer to extend his contract, which runs out in 2011, Matuidi is
likely to join Arsenal very soon.
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Ironicamente, Patrice Evra tem a particularidade de ter 25 irmãos (?!) - apenas 23 ainda estão
vivos - e ao mesmo tempo ter nome de anticonceptivo. De resto, o actual lateral esquerdo do
Manchester United, internacional pela França, tem uma história curiosa. Nasceu no Senegal há 28
anos e iniciou a sua carreira nas divisões secundárias de Itália, ao serviço dos desconhecidos
Monza e Marsala, depois de ter visto o PSG não lhe oferecer contrato de profissional após
representar as camadas jovens do clube parisiense como avançado.
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Goal.com takes an in-depth look at Aly Cissokho, AC Milan's first signing of the summer and the man
who has risen from Ligue 2 to Serie A in just over a year...
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