In the end it was a mixed Thursday night for the French sides in Europa League action. Two teams were reduced to one, but it could so easily have been both teams through to the next round. Moussa Dembele’s injury-time strike against Lyon levelled the scores on the night but [...]
After a season of struggle in which they narrowly avoided relegation last season, many anticipated that Sochaux would be set for another battle against the drop this term. Those expectations where not subverted, as after losing key players such as Marvin Martin to Lille and Modibo Maiga to West Ham [...]
Paris Saint-Germain : Maignan- Ikoko, Sabaly, Conte, Arrondel (c) – Lacazette (Bambock, 46e), Coman, M’Baka, Sainrimat – Ongenda (Nkomb Nkomb, 71e), Chemin. Tottenham Hotspur : Vigouroux – Barthram, Ward, Velokovic, Ball – Stewart, Mc Evoy (Michael Percil, 60e), Benjaleb (c) (Dombaye, 70e), Coulthirst – Winks (Lesniak, 70e), Lameiras (Akindayin, 61e). [...]
Another incident-packed weekend of football, filled with rebondissements, as they say across the Channel, proving again that Ligue 1 is one of the most competitive championships in the world. The week’s biggest winners were second-placed Lyon, who defied recent form and Bordeaux’s usually miserly defence, to come away from the [...]
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It was certainly unglamourous, but mission accomplished as Bordeaux grabbed an away goal and take Dynamo Kiev back to France with a 1-1 draw. Although my prediction was correct, it was touch-and-go for a long time as lady luck certainly aided the visitors in this game. Gusev, Yarmolenko and Haruna [...]
Love hurts! After coming back from a goal down and looking for every passing minute that they could escape from London with an excellent away result, it was Gareth Bale’s delicious left foot that twice struck the decisive blow on a heart-breaking Valentine’s Day evening in London for Lyon. This [...]
Europa League football is back this midweek, and Theo Benneworth looks ahead to the Anglo-French clash between Spurs and Lyon. After a two-month break, European football nights are back to quench our thirst for club-level continental clashes. While Tuesday and Wednesday gave us a few sips of Champion’s League action, [...]