Lyon 2-0 Boulogne Sur Mer- Video
Lyon picked up a much needed victory on Wednesday night when they beat Boulogne in Ligue 1.
Here is a video from the game. Goals from Pjanic and Cesar Delgado for OL- both in the second half.
Lille 4-3 Olympique Lyon
Lille came from two goals behind to upset Olympique Lyon at Stadium Lille Metropole on Saturday. Lisandro Lopez’s hat trick had put OL in the drivers’ seat at half time, but Lille, lead by their prolific Ivorian forward Gervinho, raised their game in the second half to win 4-3. The result extended Lyon’s winless run [...]
Lyon 5-5 Marseille Highlights goals video
Goal video highlights from the Ligue game – Lyon ( OL) vs Marseille (OM) on November 8, 2009 at Stade de Gerland, Lyon. The game ended with an amazing final scoreline- Lyon 5-5 Marseille. Quite a while since we saw a French first division match yield a ten goal draw.
Final score :- Olympique Lyon 5-5 [...]
FIFA bans Chelsea for buying players for one year
World football’s governing body FIFA has given Chelsea FC a one year transfer ban for the Blues’ alleged role in making youngster Gael Kakuta break his contract with French club Lens.
Chelsea will not be able to buy or even loan players in the next two transfer windows ( The January 2010 winter window, and the [...]
€5m West Ham bid for Chamakh rejected
French Ligue 1 holders Bordeaux have rejected a €5m offer from West Ham United for ace forward Marouane Chamakh. The Hammers had tabled a £4.3m (€5m) + a 50% on next sale clause bid for the Moroccan, but Bordeaux turned the offer down saying it was not acceptable.
Arsenal have also had a £6m bid for [...]
PSG held by Montpellier in Ligue 1
Newly promoted side Montpellier held domestic giants Paris Saint-Germain to a 1-1 draw in their first game of the 2009-10 Ligue 1 season.
Rene Girard’s side played with 10 men for nearly an hour, but got the equaliser they deserved in the last minute of the game as Bosnian defender Emir Spahic headed home from a [...]
New Paris Saint-Germain 2009/10 Shirts- Home and Away
French Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain’s home and away shirts for the 2009/10 season have been revealed.
The new PSG strips are made by Nike. The home shirt ( maillot domicile) is navy blue in colour, with red pinstripes. The collar and the ends of the sleeves are red in colour. The PSG club crest and [...]
New Olympique Marseille 2009 shirts- home and away
French giants Olympique Marseille (OM) have unveiled their new home and away shirts for the 2009-10 season.
The new OM kits are manufactured by Adidas. They celebrate the 110th anniversary of the club that was founded in 1899.
The home jersey is white with vertical blue pinstripes. You also have blue adorning the V shaped collar, the [...]
Werder Bremen sign Marko Futacs
German Bundesliga side Werder Bremen have announced the signing of Hungarian youngster Marko Futacs from French side AS Nancy Lorraine.
The 18 year old is a striker, and has been signed by Werder on a two and a half year contract ( 30.6.2011)
Bremen general manager Klaus Allofs said on the club’s official website that they had [...]
Lyon striker Fred to move to Tottenham?
Lyon’s unsettled Brazilian striker Fred may be on his way to Tottenham Hotspur, with Mexican forward Giovani Dos Santos expected to move the other way to Stade Gerland.
Fred, who joined Lyon in 2005 from Cruizeiro, was initially a hit at the club, but his relationship with the club and its fans have slowly deteriorated over [...]
AS Monaco interested in Marko Babic
According to French newspaper L’Equipe, AS Monaco are reportedly interested in Croatian winger Marko Babic.
Babic, 28, currently plays for Real Betis. He joined Betis from Leverkusen in July 2007 for €12m.
Babic has been capped 49 times for the Croatian national team, but was not in the squad that reached the quarterfinals of Euro 2008.
Babic has [...]
Lucas Bernardi leaves AS Monaco
Argentine midfielder Lucas Bernardi has left Ligue 1 club AS Monaco after seven seasons in the Principality. Bernardi arrived at Monaco from Marseille in 2001, and made 228 appearances for Les Rouge et Blanc. A defensive midfielder, known for his commitment and hard work in the centre of the park, Bernardi was part of the [...]
Reims appoint Luis Fernandez as manager
Struggling French club Stade De Reims have appointed former French midfielder Luis Fernandez as their manager. Reims are currently at the bottom of France’s second division ( Ligue 2), with only twelve points to show for their efforts from eighteen games.
Fernandez, part of the magic square of French football in the 80’s along with Alain [...]
UEFA Cup 2008-09 Group Stages draw
The draw for the group stages of the 2008-09 UEFA Cup has been made, and we have some excellent fixtures within.
Portsmouth, in their debut season in Europe, will get a chance to play AC Milan at Fratton Park. Pompey are in Group E along with Herenveen, Braga and Wolfsburg.
There are eight groups in all, and [...]
Le Havre 0-1 OL- French Ligue 1
After coming back from a two goal deficit to draw with Fiorentina in the Champions League, French giants Olympique Lyon won their weekend domestic fixture by beating Le Havre AC 1-0 at the Stade Jules Deschaseux. Lyon, who had Sidney Govou sent off in the second half, held on to their one goal lead, given [...]
Lyon 3-0 Toulouse first game of Ligue 1 2008-09 season
Lyon defeated Toulouse 3-0 in their first game of the 2008-09 French Ligue 1 season. Karim Benzema netted twice and new signing Jean II Makoun scored once, but the French giants suffered a blow as rightback Francois Clerc ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in the first half. Medical tests have revealed [...]
Franck Ribery to leave Marseille ?
If rumours in the press are to be believed, Marseille have reportedly told winger Franck Ribery that he can leave in the summer, if he wishes.
Ribery has been the subject of interest of many top European clubs- Arsenal, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich to be precise. His stock had appreciated considerably after several [...]
Ligue 1 Weekend results
Results from the games played on the 31st of March and 1 April:-
Toulouse 1-0 St.Etienne ( Johan Elmander)
Nantes 0-1 Sedan (David Ducourtioux)
Troyes 0-1 Sochaux ( Romain Pitau)
Lille 0-2 Valenciennes ( Geoffrey Doumeng, Eric Hassli)
Le Mans 2-2 Auxerre ( Ismael Bangoura, Tulio De Melo/ Kanga Akale, Younis Kaboul)
 Lens 1-2 PSG ( David Rozenhal OG/Amara Diane, Sylvain [...]
Michel Platini voted new UEFA President
French legend Michel Platini has been elected as the new UEFA President. Platini defeated rival Lennart Johansson, who has held the post since 1990, in an election in Dusseldorf.
Johansson was seeking a four year extension to his term but lost to Platini, 3 time European footballer of the year and Vice President of the French [...]
Fernando Cavenaghi moves to Girondins de Bordeaux
Ligue 1 side Bordeaux have completed the signing of Fernando Cavenaghi from Spartak Moscow. The cultured Argentine forward, who had moved to Spartak for a fee of 6.5 million pounds from River in 2004, struggled to adjust to the style of play and the artificial pitches in the Russian capital. According to reports, Bordeaux have [...]
Milan Baros headed for Lyon??
Lyon boss Gerard Houllier has reportedly stated that he wants to sign Aston Villa’s Milan Baros.
Baros had earlier rejected an opportunity to move to the French club when he was out of favour at Liverpool because he wanted to remain in the Premiership. He currently is at Aston Villa and is reported to have a [...]
PSG appoint Paul Le Guen as next manager
Ex Rangers boss Paul Le Guen has been named by Paris St Germain as their new manager. Le Guen succeeds Guy Lacombe, who was dismissed after PSG’s dreadful showing this season, with the club just one point above the danger zone. That is quite astonishing for a club which brought players like Ronaldinho and Pauleta [...]
