Ligue 1

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 … Read more

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 3 teams from each group qualify for the next round. They will be joined by the eight third placed teams in each Champions League group.

Group A :-

Schalke ( Germany)
Paris St.Germain ( France)
Manchester City ( England)
Racing Santander ( Spain)
FC Twente ( Netherlands)

Group B :-

Benfica ( Portugal)
Olympiakos ( Greece)
Galatasaray ( Turkey)
Hertha Berlin ( Germany)
Metalist Kharkiv ( Ukraine)

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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 by Ederson when he converted from the penalty spot a minute before half time.

Karim Benzema and Jean Alain Boumsong started on the bench as Claude Le Puel started with the below 11 players.

Hugo Lloris
Anthony Reveilliere
John Mensah
Cris
Mathieu Bodmer
Jean Makoun
Ederson
J.Toulalan
Miralem Pjanic
Frederic Piquionne
Sidney Govou

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