The Ligue 1 Review – Week 31

Whistles rang round the Parc des Princes. As Angel Di Maria’s shot ricocheted down from the bar, with Metz keeper Thomas Didillon stranded, Edinson Cavani conspired to embarrassingly scuff his rebound effort wide, the goal at his mercy, much to the Parisian crowd’s increasing frustration. This was not an isolated incident. Although PSG eased to […]

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Steward who attacked Lyon players will be sacked

Ange-Etienne Biolchini, the individual in charge of the security company that employed the steward who attacked Jean-Philippe Mateta at half-time in last night’s disastrous Ligue 1 encounter between SC Bastia and Lyon, had told France Bleu that the individual in question will be fired. “I did not immediately see the huge misconduct that this employee carried out, […]

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FEATURE | Why playing it safe, like Didier Deschamps has done with his latest squad selection, will not yield success at the 2018 World Cup

Club football in France is done for the year, save the Coupe de France final and the two play-offs, but that doesn’t mean that there’s not plenty more to come from the country’s various national teams. The U-20s opened their World Cup campaign in Korea with a fine victory over Honduras, while the U-21s have […]

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