Category: Ligue 1

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Sepe Elye Wahi 2021/22: Montpellier’s Golden Boy nominee with as many non-penalty goals as Neymar – scout report

Though Sepe Elye Wahi (184cm/6’0”, 74kg/163lbs) first broke into Montpellier’s first team in the second half of the 2020/21 season, the 19-year-old…

July 1, 2022

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Bordeaux 2021/22: Analysing Les Girondins’ crash course campaign – tactical analysis

FC Girondins Bordeaux ended the season at the bottom of Ligue 1. A catastrophic campaign saw Bordeaux concede 91 goals in 38…

June 29, 2022

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Monaco 2022/23: How can Les Monégasques rebuild their midfield and replace Tchouaméni – scout report

At the time of writing, Aurélien Tchouaméni’s €100m move from Ligue 1’s third-placed finishers Monaco to La Liga winners and newly-crowned champions…

June 24, 2022

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Thomas Mangani: ‘A lot of motivation’ – why 35 y/o maestro could prove a clever catch for Ajaccio – scout report

Olivier Pantaloni led his long-time club, Ajaccio, to Ligue 1 in 2021/22 as L’ours achieved a second-place finish in Ligue 2 to…

June 17, 2022

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Castello Lukeba 2021/22: How the Lyon 19 y/o became a €20m-rated YPOTY nominee in his debut season – scout report

At about the midway point of the 2021/22 season, a tactical analysis piece was published on Total Football Analysis focusing on Lyon’s…

June 10, 2022

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Enlivening Les Dogues: Four essential areas Lille must strengthen in summer 2022 – scout report

Lille achieved the improbable in 2020/21 when they finished one point and one place above Paris Saint-Germain in the Ligue 1 table…

June 3, 2022

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Ligue 1 2021/22: How Sampaoli’s Marseille dominated spaces between Strasbourg’s lines to reach the UCL – tactical analysis

The final day of Ligue 1 2021/22 was very exciting. Even though PSG claimed the title very early, the second place in…

May 23, 2022

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Ligue 1 2021/22: How Monaco’s midfield pushed their victory against Lille – tactical analysis

The 36th game week of the 2021-22 Ligue 1 season saw Lille host Monaco at the Stade de I’Aube. While Monaco were…

May 9, 2022

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Benjamin Bourigeaud 2021/22: Rennes’ creative force leading the way in Ligue 1 – scout report

Benjamin Bourigeaud is a 28 year-old French winger currently playing for Rennes in the French Ligue 1. Bourigeaud is having a particularly…

May 3, 2022

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Ligue 1 2021/22: How RC Strasbourg manager Stéphan’s brave tactics gained them a point against complacent PSG – tactical analysis

The 2021/22 Ligue 1 season has been quite ordinary in some ways. The capital club, Paris Saint-Germain winning another title is a…

May 2, 2022

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Gaetan Laborde 2021/22: The centre-forward lighting up Ligue 1 – scout report

Gaetan Laborde is a 27-year-old centre-forward currently playing in the French Ligue 1 with Rennes. Laborde has been a standout out this…

April 12, 2022

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Florent Da Silva at Villefranche 2021/22: The teenager described as one of Lyon’s ‘biggest talents’ – scout report

Florent Da Silva (178cm/5’10”, 66kg/145.5lbs) turned 19 years old at the beginning of this month. The young midfielder is an academy product…

April 8, 2022

Ligue 1

Lovro Majer 2021/22: The Ligue 1 midfield maestro ready for the next step – scout report

Lovro Majer made a name for himself in his homeland with Dinamo Zagreb, where he established himself as one of the best…

April 2, 2022

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Lilian Brassier 2021/22: The 22y/o €2m Rennes academy product blooming under Der Zakarian at Brest – scout report

After spending 2020/21 on loan at Brest, and really only starting to enter the first-team picture in the latter stage of the…

April 1, 2022

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Christophe Galtier at Nice 2021/22: The key roles and tactics behind Les Aiglons’ ‘winning culture’ – tactical analysis

After winning Ligue 1 with Lille last season, pipping PSG to the title by just one point, Christophe Galtier embarked on a…

March 18, 2022

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Terem Moffi 2021/22: ‘Keeps my confidence’ – why Pelissier stands by ‘woeful form’ wonder – scout report

After joining Ligue 1 side Lorient from Belgian First Division A side KV Kortrijk in October 2020, centre-forward Terem Moffi (188cm/6’2”, 89kg/196lbs)…

January 29, 2022

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Caio Henrique 2021/22: Monaco’s flying left-back peaking the interest of Europe’s giants – scout report

Caio Henrique is a 24-year-old Brazilian left-back currently playing for AS Monaco in the French Ligue 1. Henrique joined the french side…

January 4, 2022

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Patrick Berg 2021/22 scout report: What should Lens fans expect from their ‘absolute bargain’ signing?

Lens completed Ligue 1’s first major incoming transfer of the 2022 January transfer window when they announced the signing of Patrick Berg…

December 31, 2021

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Jonathan Clauss scout report: The importance of his role at Lens

Lens got promoted to Ligue 1 after their successful 2019/20 season and surprised everyone with their consistency and solid displays that led…

December 24, 2021

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Ligue 1 2021/22: 13th-placed Lyon’s devastating defensive difficulties – tactical analysis

After joining Olympique Lyon in the summer having previously been manager of Bundesliga sides Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund, as well as…

December 24, 2021