Team Focus: Bielsa Exit Leaves Marseille at Crisis Point
by Andy Brassell
at Monday, Aug 10 2015 12:27
Sunday morning’s edition of La Provence needed little wit or nuance to sell its main story. The cover said it all, a gut punch to Olympique de Marseille fans – “Bielsa démissione” (Bielsa resigns) was the headline, plastered over a photo of the coach on the touchline m...
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Player Focus: Ligue 1’s New Young Playmakers Come to the Fore
by Andy Brassell
at Tuesday, Aug 26 2014 11:36
For Ligue 1 watchers who enjoy a classical playmaker, it’s been a tough couple of months. It began back in late March when the most richly talented and enigmatic of them all, Yoann Gourcuff of Lyon, was the victim of a brutal tackle from Saint Etienne’s Renaud Cohade. In between aggravat...
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