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Ligue 1's Most Fearsome Full-Backs

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Ligue 1's Most Fearsome Full-Backs After last week’s look at the most creative players in Ligue 1, it seems only fair to look a little further down the pitch to the players that not only bring a defensive presence to their team, but glide down the flanks to provide extra support.In modern day football the full back is one of th...

Ligue 1's Most Creative Stars

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Ligue 1's Most Creative Stars Ligue 1 may not have the blood and thunder of the Premier League or the superstars of La Liga but it is the perfect place to develop your talents. From the likes of Zinedine Zidane and Michel Platini in the past to Samir Nasri and Juninho Pernambucano in the last few years, France is becoming the pe...

Goal-less La Liga

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Goal-less La Liga The beautiful Spanish game, the famous ‘tiki-taka’, and arguably the greatest show in football in the last five years is undergoing a torrid time in front of goal, particularly when disregarding the two big teams in La Liga; Real Madrid and Barcelona.Real Madrid and Barcelona have scored...

Team Focus: Could this be the Valenciennd?

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Team Focus: Could this be the Valenciennd? You watch as your team dominates at home to your local rivals, hitting the woodwork three times, and are denied by two world class saves from the opposition ‘keeper. Holding the Champions of France to a spirited 0-0 draw, surely this team must be riding high in Ligue 1? 18th! Anyone tuning in ...

Europe's Underachievers: Ligue 1 - Marseille

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Europe's Underachievers: Ligue 1 - Marseille Our final look into the top 5 European league's underachievers takes us to the division which is shaping up the most having already seen 10 rounds of fixtures played. While the likes of Lille, Lyon and big spenders PSG take their familiar place at the top of the Ligue 1 table, one side in particular...

Ligue 1 Team Focus: Set Up Not Toulouse!

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Ligue 1 Team Focus: Set Up Not Toulouse! Times are changing in Toulouse. Last season their style of play wasn’t very pleasing on the eye. Too often the strikers were left isolated and the negative game plan was painful for the Téfécé faithful to watch. What a difference a few months and a change of philosophy can...

Serie A: Europe's Tightest League?

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Serie A: Europe's Tightest League? Last weekend saw Serie A live up to the stereotype of old, with an incredible twelve teams failing to find the net over the round of ten fixtures. Half of the matches finished goalless and with 49 yellow cards in addition to 4 players seeing red, Italy’s top division is proving to be a hard-fo...

WhoScored Ligue 1 All Star XI - Gameweek 7-8

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WhoScored Ligue 1 All Star XI - Gameweek 7-8 In a week that saw every side play two rounds of matches, PSG and Caen were the only teams to pick up all six points. The big-spenders produce three of the WhoScored XI, with Rennes supplying us with two players after a brilliant 6-2 win at Sochaux. A couple of Auxerre players feature after putting ...

WhoScored Ligue 1 All Star XI - Gameweek 6

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WhoScored Ligue 1 All Star XI - Gameweek 6 Lyon condemned Marseille to another defeat as they maintained their unbeaten record at the top of the Ligue 1 table. Valenciennes record their first win of the season with a home hammering of Gijon, PSG laboured to an away draw at Evian and Sochaux grabbed a valuable point at champions Lille. Nice a...

WhoScored Ligue 1 All Star XI for Gameweek 5

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WhoScored Ligue 1 All Star XI for Gameweek 5 Ligue 1 was something of a low-scoring affair last weekend, with only a couple of the ten fixtures producing more than two goals. Montpellier kept up their winning ways to remain on top, with three of their back-four featuring in the WhoScored Ligue 1 XI for their defiant defensive displays. PSG not...