by Gary Linton
Hello, there you are, welcome back. Well no time to sit about and relax, we’re going straight out today and our first stop is the best league in the World, La Liga. Where better to start than at the Bernabeu. At the weekend high flying Madrid were at home to relegation battling side Racing Santander. It started off well for the home side and within just six minutes they were in front.
Karim Benzema found the ball at the edge of the box and with little time he found Kaka inside the box who headed towards Ronaldo at the back post, 1-0 Real Madrid. The game went quiet until just before half time, when a free-kick was awarded and the first to react to the quick free-kick was none other than Benzema who got on to the end of it to double Real Madrid’s lead.
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by Ross Mackiewicz
SC Bastia have sprung to the top of Ligue 2 and opened up a four point lead over Reims after beating them by a solitary goal on Friday night.
With the game seemingly drawing to a stalemate, Wahbi Khazri’s 90th minute winner sent the Stade Armand Cesari into euphoria.
Les Bleus’ surge to the top of the table is down to their good run of form in the past two months. Ever since mid-December they have accumulated seven wins in their last eight, succumbing to just one defeat to Clermont who were leading the championship at the time. What makes the club’s rise all the more remarkable is that they only managed three wins in 13 games from the end of August to the beginning of December, putting them well and truly off the pace for a promotion place.
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After the magnificent game between PSG and Montpellier at the Parc des Princes Jon and Andrew convene to break down the big game in France and Andrew taunts Jon over the goal from Nigerian striker John Utaka.
Joining the guys on the podcast is Brazilian expert Chris Atkins from the Elastico. Chris joins in with the game analysis and then gives us some insight into how the Brazilians in Ligue 1 are reported over in their homeland.
Before previewing two of the weekend’s big games Chris pick up a couple of players that could make the journey over from Brazil this summer.
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The biggest game in France was played at the Parc des Princes this weekend, but last week saw another huge game in the French capital as Championnat National side Red Star FC 93 beat the cold weather to make sure the game against Martigues went ahead.
Our man in the capital that night was friend of the site Jonathan Ervine.
Cold weather may have caused the postponement of the Six Nations Rugby match between France and Ireland at the Stade de France on February 11th, but it was a different story only two metro stops away at the Stade Bauer in Saint Ouen. Sub-zero temperatures failed to deter a crowd of over a thousand from watching the match between Red Star 93 and Martigues in National.
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Sunday sees Paris Saint-Germain and Montpellier do battle at the Parc des Princes to see who can put some distance between themselves and the chasing pack as the title race hots up. Both sides are in good form but la Paillade’s performances have been more convincing of late as they come into the game on the back of a 12 match unbeaten run. Carlo Ancelotti’s men on the other hand have struggled lately being held to a goalless draw at Nice last weekend and disposing of Dijon in the Coupe de France on Wednesday night by the slenderest of margins. Read the rest of this entry »
Inspired by my recent trip to Paris this t-shirt is an ode the the Paris Metro system and midfielder Jeremy Menez. The player himself was born in a south Parisien suburb and I’m sure would have travelled on the metro as a kid before moving away.
I have picked the #7 metro line to indicate Menez number and used the traditional PSG colours.
Would love to hear everyone’s thoughts on the design.
You can purchase it on a t-shirt HERE
Andrew in Sheffield and Jon in Paris discuss the recent cracker between Lille and Bordeaux before running their rule over the other Ligue 1 games from last weekend. Pick the goal of the week and discuss the recent cup games.
Then then build up the games between Rennes, Saint-Etienne and PSG v Montpellier. And the latest Hall of Fame vote is launched before the end of the show.
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by Gary Linton
Marseille go marching on, after a relatively easy game against fourth tier outfit FC Bourg-Peronnas, Marseille have what they came for, their name in the hat for the next round. The game went ahead after previously being postponed last week but was switched to the Stade Velodrome down in the South of France.
The game started off like a normal big team vs. little team in the cup game, Bourg-Peronnas had a game plan and decided to soak up the pressure that Marseille would heap upon them, they did so and made it work, unfortunately it only worked for the first twenty-nine minutes.
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by Ross Mackiewicz
Paris Saint-Germain take on Dijon FCO tonight in the rearranged Coupe France clash that was scheduled for last week.
Due to the cold snap that has engulfed France in recent weeks – leading to all but three Ligue 2 matches being postponed last weekend – the pitch at the Stade Gaston Gerard was deemed unplayable resulting in the decision being made by the French Football Federation.
PSG are back at the top of Ligue 1 after momentarily being knocked off it by Montpellier who downed Ajaccio on Saturday. Les Parisiens responded by gaining a result in Nice although their lead at the top has been cut to just the one point due to their failure to win. Nevertheless, fate is in their own hands this upcoming Sunday when they have an opportunity to put some distance between themselves and Montpellier when they host them at the Parc des Princes.
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