Things did not augur well for Lille before their trip to the Parc des Princes at the weekend. They had the same number of points as league leaders PSG, but had been soundly beaten in the Coupe de France by their rivals before the break and were without Zeki Celik […]
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Supernovae are common in Marseille. Having exhausted their supply of hydrogen and helium at the end of their lives, stars of a certain mass collapse under the weight of their own gravity and implode in a supernova. Such stars take billions of years to reach that point but Olympique de […]
“Ligue 1 – That’s Another Story,” trumpeted the front page of L’Équipe on Monday morning after PSG were beaten by Monaco at the Parc des Princes, a result that leaves the champions four points behind league leaders Lille. It seems that beating Barcelona at a canter is not as challenging […]
Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann fired Barcelona to a 2-1 win at home to Athletic Bilbao, avenging their recent defeat to the Basque side in the Spanish Super Cup final. Messi curled in a free kick after 20 minutes for his 650th Barca goal on the day the club pledged […]
It wasn’t so long ago that we found ourselves tipping Marseille as outsiders for the Ligue 1 title. After six straight wins in the league, they sat just two points off the league leaders in mid-December. They also had two matches in hand: a fairly tricky game against Lens and […]
However, with the calendar having flipped to 2021, the Barcelona forward looks to have kicked into another gear, showing glimpses of his best. On Wednesday night, Messi scored twice and hit the woodwork twice in Barcelona’s 3-2 victory over Athletic Bilbao, moving the Catalans to third in La Liga. Barcelona […]
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football – Ligue 1 – AS Saint-Etienne v Olympique de Marseille – Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne, France – February 5, 2020 Saint Etienne’s William Saliba in action with Olympique de Marseille’s Valentin Rongier REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot (Reuters) – Arsenal have loaned centre back William Saliba to French Ligue 1 […]
Far be it from the Rumour Mill to claim to know what goes on in the mind of Roman Abramovich, but it’s being reported that Chelsea’s Russian owner is ready to replace Frank Lampard unless he quickly whips his side into shape following last night’s humiliation at the hands of […]