21/11/2009Bordeaux - Valenciennes ore 19.00Grenoble - Lione ore 19.00Lens - Nancy ore 19.00Rennes - Le Mans ore 19.00Auxerre - Monaco ore 21.0022/11/2009Nice - Tolosa ore 17.00Saint-Etienne - Lorient ore 17.00Montpellier - Lille ore 21.0002/12/2009Boulogne - PSG ore 19.00Olympique Marsiglia - Sochaux ore 19. Click to continue reading...

31/10/2009Auxerre - Montpellier ore 19.00Bordeaux - Monaco ore 19.00Boulogne - Nancy ore 19.00Grenoble - Lille ore 19.00Lens - Lorient ore 19.00Olympique Marseille - Toulouse ore 19.00Saint-Etienne - Olympique Lyonnais ore 21.0001/10/2009Nice - Le Mans ore 17.00Rennes - Valenciennes ore 17.00Sochaux - PSG ore 21. 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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24/10/2009Bordeaux - Le Mans ore 19.00Boulogne - Monaco ore 19.00Grenoble - Nancy ore 19.00Nice - Olympique Lyonnais ore 19.00Saint-Etienne - Valenciennes ore 19.00Sochaux - Lorient ore 19.00Rennes - Montpellier ore 21.0025/10/2009Auxerre - Lille ore 17.00Lens - Toulouse ore 17.00Olympique Marseille - PSG ore 21. Click to continue reading...

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...

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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03/10/2009Grenoble - Montpellier ore 19.00Nice - Valenciennes ore 19.00PSG - Nancy ore 19.00Rennes - Auxerre ore 19.00Saint-Etienne - Bordeaux ore 19.00Sochaux - Le Mans ore 19.00Lens - Olympique Lyonnais ore 21.0004/10/2009Boulogne - Lille ore 17.00Toulouse - Lorient ore 17.00Olympique Marseille - Monaco ore 21. 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...

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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I don't know about you guys, but I've used this international break to take a step away from football before things get all crazy again. With our first CL group stage match against Fiorentina around the corner, the next couple of weeks promise to be really busy. But before we can even think about Europe, we have to take care of Lorient tomorrow.

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So there, I did poorly on my predictions for the World Cup qualifiers with two 1 – 1 draws and the quasi certitude that France will finish second in group 7 behind Serbia and will battle with the likes of Portugal, Greece or Russia for a World Cup spot, not an easy task...

The pastel Gaucho enters the Ligue 1 Pampa. Click to continue reading...

All the top European soccer leagues start back up again after a two week international break. In the USA, there were several matches on tv from La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1, and the Bundesliga. Some of the key matchups this week are Borussia Dortmund v Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, Getafe v Barcelona in La Liga, and Lazio v Juventus in the Serie A.

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All the top European soccer leagues start back up again after a two week international break. In the USA, there were several matches on tv from La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1, and the Bundesliga. Some of the key matchups this week are Borussia Dortmund v Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, Getafe v Barcelona in La Liga, and Lazio v Juventus in the Serie A.

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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...

Who?

Hibernian defender Souleymane Bamba claims Liverpool are monitoring his progress in the SPL, along with French duo Lorient and Grenoble.

Rafael Benitez has already aquired the services of full back Glen Johnson, while Greek defender Sotiris Kyrgiakos has recently just put pen to paper on a 2 year contract, arriving from Greek club AEK Athens.

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Who?

Hibernian defender Souleymane Bamba claims Liverpool are monitoring his progress in the SPL, along with French duo Lorient and Grenoble.

Rafael Benitez has already aquired the services of full back Glen Johnson, while Greek defender Sotiris Kyrgiakos has recently just put pen to paper on a 2 year contract, arriving from Greek club AEK Athens.

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22/08/2009Auxerre - Olympique Lyonnais ore 19.00Le Mans - Nancy ore 19.00Monaco - Lorient ore 19.00Montpellier - Sochaux ore 19.00Saint Etienne - Boulogne ore 19.00Valenciennes - PSG ore 19.00Rennes - Olympique Marseille ore 21.0023/08/2009Bordeaux - Nice ore 17.00Grenoble - Lens ore 17.00Lille - Toulouse 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...

Some fairly entertaining games last week that delivered some 30 goals and saw Lyon, Bordeaux and Marseille calmly climb to the top of the table.

The self proclaimed black panther Bentafemi Gomis gave Lyon a short victory last weekend but the midweek 5 – 1 thrashing of Anderlecht in the Champions League qualifier looked quite impressive, with stellar performances from Lisandro Lopez (ARG), Michel Bastos (BRA) and Miralem Pjanic (BOS).

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The French Ligue 1 began its 2nd week of matches with 14 teams playing in 7 matches on Saturday August 15, 2009. Matches on Saturday included Sochaux v Bordeaux, Lyon v Valenciennes, Paris St-Germain v Le Mans, and more. Â Here's a recap of Saturday's matches along with video highlights (click on each team and/or match result).

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Ligue 1 started with a bang and some 24 goals. Lyon already showed their limitations with a very laborious draw while Bordeaux and Marseille showed that, yes, they were the team to beat. Meanwhile, only 3 correct predictions for week 1. Ouch!
Not much luck for Lens last weekend who tied the game before half-time but managed to take 2 goals in extra time courtesy of Marouane Chamakh and Yohann Gourcuff. Click to continue reading...

Lille striker Pierre-Alain Frau, is not having the best of luck!
Having been car-jacked 10 months ago, Frau was attacked again as robbers posing as police briefly locked up the striker in the boot of his Mercedes in the early hours of Monday, before releasing him in another part of town and stealing the vehicle. Click to continue reading...

Never say we don't keep you up-to-date with football news from around the world... Here's another new feature for SPAOTP - Jeu du Jour, a weekly round-up of all that's happening in French football. The new season starts this Saturday, so here's our preview of what to expect from each of the twenty participating clubs in 2009/10. Click to continue reading...

After narrowly missing out on Ligue 1 title last season, Marseille look determined to make things right. After Lucho, Diawara, M'Bia and Edouard Cisse, OM officials have announced the signings of Fernando Morientes and Fabrice Abriel. Morientes joins the club on free transfer from Valencia, while midfielder Abriel comes from Lorient for €2.

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Everyone gets a Michael Owen brochure. But who really needs one? Will everybody stop linking JT to Man City? Lorient unveils a horrendous new kit. So we counter with your favorites. CR9 is the new Beatles. A big American gets a big move. Click to continue reading...

Yesterday's delve into the maniacal madness behind Lorient's new kits brought about a discussion to some of our favorite kits. And with football desperately trying to work its way into your wallet on an annual basis, it's not really easy to weed through the thousands and thousands of choices. The sponsorship contracts typically run for [. Click to continue reading...

Gabriel Obertan has arrived at Carrington to complete his medical with Manchester United.

"I was surprised too, but it is an unexpected chance for him to play with one of the best clubs in the world," he told Europe1.

"Manchester United have been tracking him for a long time. They certainly hope to advance him, something that Bordeaux and Lorient have failed to do.

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Paris Saint Germain have resumed their off-season recruitment by concluding the capture of Christophe Jallet, the 26 year-old defender bearing for the French capital from FC Lorient to enhance Antoine Kombouaré's defensive options ahead of the upcoming Ligue 1 season.

Since securing promotion all the way back in 2005-2006, Jallet can count himself as a persistently imperative cog in Lorient's three consecutive years of top-flight consolidation where the Cognac-born guard has clocked up 98 appearances.

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Every year Premiership managers conspire to spend millions of pounds on exotic sounding foreign players whose names have never graced the screens of an English TV. Last year it was Marouane Fellaini, a £15 million signing for Everton. And what's more, his tough tackling, willingness to play ludicrously out of position, and even more ludicrous haircut have made the Premiership a better place over the last twelve months.

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Build your own team for next season.
I thought we should do our version of goal.com's article- which I can't seem to find, maybe they've pulled-it. Anyway, although I thought that the author got a couple of things right in his article, he was, IMO, shooting too low.

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France / Ligue 1
Bordeaux are the new Ligue 1 champions following their 1-0 win over Caen at the weekend. Yoan Gouffran's goal after 49 minutes not only sealed his team's first championship win in ten years but also confirmed Caen's relegation to Ligue 2.
Olympique Marseille went into their final game knowing they could only win Ligue 1 if they beat Stade Rennes and Bordeaux lost to Caen. Click to continue reading...

23/05/2009Auxerre - Saint Etienne 1 - 0Bordeaux - Monaco 1 - 0Le Havre - Lille 0 - 1Le Mans - Grenoble 1 - 1Olympique Lyonnais - Caen 3 - 1Nancy - Olympique Marseille 1 - 2Nice - Toulouse 0 - 2Rennes - Lorient 3 - 1Sochaux - Nantes 2 - 1Valenciennes - PSG 2 - 1Iscriviti all'RSS per essere sempre aggiornato! Click to continue reading...

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12/05/2009Olympique Lyonnais - Nantes 3 - 013/05/2009Auxerre - Grenoble 2 - 0Le Havre - Saint Etienne 2 - 4Le Mans - PSG 0 - 1Nancy - Lorient 2 - 2Nice - Olympique Marseille 0 - 2Rennes - Caen 1 - 0Sochaux - Monaco 3 - 0Toulouse - Lille 0 - 0Valenciennes - Bordeaux ore 21.00Iscriviti all'RSS per essere sempre aggiornato! Click to continue reading...