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League Focus: Five Observations From the First Half of Ligue 1 2015/16

by Andy Brassell at Tuesday, Dec 22 2015 09:40
League Focus: Five Observations From the First Half of Ligue 1 2015/16 PSG's history boysThough the neutral might regret that the Ligue 1 title race is effectively over at the halfway stage, there is no getting around Paris Saint-Germain’s excellence. Laurent Blanc’s team are so much better than last season, in which they gave their rivals a proper sniff of...
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Team Focus: Changes Needed if Bordeaux are to Return to Former Glories

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Dec 14 2015 17:20
Team Focus: Changes Needed if Bordeaux are to Return to Former Glories Joueurs sans fierté, Virage Sud deserté. Few Ligue 1 goals this season have been scored against such an uncomfortable backdrop as Cédric Yambéré's recent winner for Bordeaux versus Guingamp. The 2009 champions should be full of optimism right now, still enjoying th...
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Team Focus: Antonetti’s Instant Impact at Lille

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Dec 7 2015 16:15
Team Focus: Antonetti’s Instant Impact at Lille “The change of coach doesn’t explain it,” said Lille’s Sofiane Boufal on Saturday night, struggling to put his finger on just how his team’s fortunes have taken a U-turn in the space of four days. “We’ve always worked hard.” There’s working, thou...
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Match Focus: Marseille and Monaco Lay Bare Both Strengths and Shortcomings

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Nov 30 2015 12:30
Match Focus: Marseille and Monaco Lay Bare Both Strengths and Shortcomings “Lots of goals, for nothing,” read the headline in Monday’s L’Equipe. A harsh summary, perhaps, of Sunday night’s thrilling final game of the Ligue 1 weekend, especially if you value entertaining football, but it was also a reminder that the passing of 12 months has mad...
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Team Focus: PSG Show Versatility On Tough Weekend

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Nov 23 2015 12:05
Team Focus: PSG Show Versatility On Tough Weekend “We would have liked to do something else (other than playing),” said Paris Saint-Germain coach Laurent Blanc after Saturday’s win at Lorient. Despite that, he was at a loss to know what that something was. “We represent Paris, the team of the capital. We have to do what we k...
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Match Focus: Lyon Finally Step Up On Historic Night

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Nov 9 2015 16:30
Match Focus: Lyon Finally Step Up On Historic Night His 150th appearance in Ligue 1. The final derby between Olympique Lyonnais and Saint Etienne at Stade de Gerland. Never let it be said that Alexandre Lacazette has anything less than a perfect sense of timing. “I lived out a dream,” the Lyon striker said after hitting the hat-trick whic...
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Team Focus: Gazélec Ajaccio's Historic Moment is a Shock For On-fire Nice

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Oct 26 2015 11:06
Team Focus: Gazélec Ajaccio's Historic Moment is a Shock For On-fire Nice “N’attendez pas la pluie pour mouiller le maillot” - ‘don’t wait for the rain to get your shirt soaking wet’, says the banner behind the goal at Gazélec Ajaccio’s modest Stade Ange-Casanova. If Corsica can be climatically inhospitable at this time of ...
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Team Focus: Caen Flying High in Ligue 1’s Season of the Underdog

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Oct 19 2015 13:41
Team Focus: Caen Flying High in Ligue 1’s Season of the Underdog Habitually, the post-match treadmill for a head coach is meticulously planned. Back to the dressing room for an initial debrief with the players, then it’s onto the main press conference with waiting journalists. The television cameras get their footage either before or after, before the away ...
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Player Focus: Diarra's Recent France Outing Marks Impressive Return to the Fore

by Ben McAleer at Friday, Oct 9 2015 15:55
Player Focus: Diarra's Recent France Outing Marks Impressive Return to the Fore Lassana Diarra’s 34th French cap on Thursday night can certainly be considered a return from international wilderness. The midfielder’s start against Armenia was the first time he turned out for France since the October 12th 2010. It was almost five years to the day that Diarra last feat...
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Team Focus: Angers’ Dream Start to the Season Continues

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Oct 5 2015 17:30
Team Focus: Angers’ Dream Start to the Season Continues “I have intelligent players who fought against human nature,” said Angers coach Stéphane Moulin after Saturday’s win over Bastia. “There could have been a sense of relaxing or decompressing after the feat we managed in Marseille (winning 2-1 at Vélodrome last we...