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Euro 2012 Focus: What is France's Best Available XI?

by Andrew Gibney at Thursday, May 31 2012 15:09
Euro 2012 Focus: What is France's Best Available XI? On Tuesday morning Laurent Blanc announced the 23-man squad that he would be taking to Ukraine for this summer’s European championships. There were little surprises in the 27 players Blanc had originally called up but when it came to whittling down the selection to 23, Blanc only had to drop t...
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League Focus: Ligue 1's Best Attacking Players

by Andrew Gibney at Wednesday, May 23 2012 12:17
League Focus: Ligue 1's Best Attacking Players Now to continue picking Ligue 1’s team of the year, after selecting the back four and goalkeeper last week (click here) it is time to push forward into the midfield and attack. The following are six players from four different clubs producing some outstanding performances in what was an amazin...
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League Focus: Ligue 1's Top Defence

by Andrew Gibney at Thursday, May 17 2012 13:58
League Focus: Ligue 1's Top Defence Last night the stars of Ligue 1 assembled in Paris for the annual awards ceremony to honour France’s brightest and best. With such a fantastic season just about to end it is always very difficult to pick just eleven players to make up the “best” team. Ask ten people and you will ge...
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Player Focus: Remy Cabella (Montpellier)

by Andrew Gibney at Tuesday, May 8 2012 16:45
Player Focus: Remy Cabella (Montpellier) Montpellier travelled to Brittany on Monday night knowing that anything but a win would put Paris Saint-Germain back in the driving seat for this year’s title. With Rennes chasing a place in the Europa League, it would not be an easy task.Only six days had passed since Montpellier hosted Evian...
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Player Focus: Nene (PSG)

by Andrew Gibney at Monday, Apr 23 2012 14:24
Player Focus: Nene (PSG) Last weekend’s draw against Auxerre dropped Paris Saint-Germain two points behind Montpellier in the race for the Ligue 1 title. Coach Carlo Ancelotti questioned his team’s ability and warned the players their mentality would have to change if they were to have any chance of lifting Le C...
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Player Focus: Joe Cole (Lille)

by Andrew Gibney at Wednesday, Apr 18 2012 11:19
Player Focus: Joe Cole (Lille) Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa could only watch as the ball flashed past him and into the net; the camera panned back to see Englishman Joe Cole with the widest smile we have seen all year. With one flick of his left boot he had put his team 2-0 up, bombarded by his over-joyed teammates it was t...
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Player Focus: Yohan Mollo (Nancy - On Loan)

by Andrew Gibney at Thursday, Apr 5 2012 11:32
Player Focus: Yohan Mollo (Nancy - On Loan) Going into the week 31 you might be surprised to hear that AS Nancy currently sit top of the form table in Ligue 1. Over the past few years Les Chardons relied on former Coach Pablo Correa to orchestrate a last gasp survival keeping the side from Tomblaine in the top flight. Under new boss Jean Fern...
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Player Focus: Bafetimbi Gomis (Lyon)

by Andrew Gibney at Tuesday, Mar 27 2012 11:11
Player Focus: Bafetimbi Gomis (Lyon) As Lille take on Toulouse this weekend looking to extend their lead in the race for third place two teams will meet at the Stade de la Route de Lorient looking to keep up the pace in the battle for European places.Lyon travel to Brittany, which as we already know from the article 'Brittany Fears: Wh...
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Player Focus: Guillaume Hoarau (PSG)

by Andrew Gibney at Wednesday, Mar 21 2012 14:38
Player Focus: Guillaume Hoarau (PSG) Paris Saint-Germain look set to win their first league title since 1994. If they do manage to hold off Montpellier and Lille and lift Le Championnat the praise will go to the creative talents of Brazilian Nene and Parisian Jeremy Menez. However, one player that will deserve a huge mention in the cre...
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Player Focus: Ligue 1 Disappointments

by Andrew Gibney at Tuesday, Mar 13 2012 13:55
Player Focus: Ligue 1 Disappointments Every season in every league there are players that come from nowhere to play their best football. Emerging kids breakthrough from the youth team and give fans an exciting look into their youth set-up. Unfortunately there are always players that just fail to live up to pre-season expectations. It ca...
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