Monaco hosted Strasbourg this past Saturday in Ligue 1 action. Only five points currently separate Ligue 1’s 15th placed St.Etienne from fourth-placed Montpellier. As a result, the battle in the middle of the Ligue 1 table for European qualification spots is currently being hotly contested. Two teams involved in that...
No surprises in Reims vs Paris Saint-Germain as the visitors brought home a comfortable 3-0 victory in the semi-final of Coupe de la Ligue. This means that Thomas Tuchel's side have secured one place in the final where Lyon already await after the latter defeated Lille on penalties. Reims actually...
Lyon hosted Lille on Tuesday in the first of two Coupe de la Ligue semi-finals to take place this week. Lyon ultimately walked away with the spoils and booked their place in Stade de France for the final of the competition following a dramatic penalty shoot-out victory. They will meet...
19th-placed with only three wins from 20 games and 15 points, Nîmes are not currently in a position of comfort in Ligue 1. Despite managing to force themselves into the mid-table of Ligue 1 in their first season after getting promoted last season, Nîmes haven't been able to replicate the...
Not many coaches are afforded the opportunity to become the head coach of their national team. Far fewer are afforded that opportunity without prior experience as a head coach. However, that is the exact position that Robert Moreno found himself in as he took charge of the Spanish national team...
Trencin have an excellent history of recruiting young obscure players for such a small amount and proceeding to sell them for a massive profit in the following year. Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen), Wesley Moraes (Aston Villa), Samuel Kalu (Bordeaux), Moses Simon (Nantes on loan from Levante), and Hilary Gong (Vitesse)...
Paris Saint-Germain drew 3-3 against Monaco in what is undoubtedly a highly exciting and entertaining match in Ligue 1. Both teams traded goals but neither was able to outscore the other. This was Roberto Moreno's Ligue 1 debut as a Monaco manager but he's immediately faced with a mammoth task...
Ligue 1 got back to business this past Friday evening as their three-week mid-season winter break came to an end. A compelling clash between Ligue 1’s second and third-placed teams announced the return of France’s top tier, as Rennes hosted Marseille. Second-placed Marseille will be delighted to have come away...
Lyon hosted Brest this past Wednesday evening in a quarter-final clash of this season’s Coupe de la Ligue. Just three places and four points separated these two sides in the Ligue 1 table, at the time of this contest. However, the gulf in quality between these two sides was evident...
Transfer windows are always endlessly packed with transfer rumours. This year’s January transfer window has been and will be, no different. One name that will be mentioned frequently over the month is the name of Lille midfielder Boubakary Soumaré. This tactical analysis will examine Soumaré's role within Lille's tactical set-up,...
Spanish manager Robert Moreno kickstarted his reign at Monaco with an impressive win over Reims in the round of 64 in Coupe de France at Stade Louis II on Saturday. Monaco sacked Portuguese manager Leonardo Jardim once again in December and immediately replaced him with Moreno. The ambitious manager -...
Since Les Bleus’ inspiring victory at the 2018 World Cup, French football has received an encouraging vote of confidence as one of the peaks of the sport. After recently being considered as the fifth wheel in Europe’s prestigious top five leagues, the country’s role in the beautiful game is...
Monaco hosted Lille in matchday 19 of Ligue 1. This was their second meeting in a row after their last meeting several days earlier in Coupe de la Ligue. Their previous match ended with a comfortable 0-3 victory for Lille, but this time Monaco took revenge to a whole new...
In the 19th round of French Ligue 1, Olympique Lyon’s struggle continued as they had a tough time visiting Reims. The highly physical duel ended with a 1:1 draw and the away team had a lot of problems shaping to their opponents who played a very nice match but also...
Monaco faced Lille in the round of 16 of Coupe de la Ligue 2019/20 at Stade Louis II on Tuesday. Both teams have been in good form domestically with Monaco winning three out of their last five matches and Lille were in a four-match winning streak. Despite the two teams'...
Rennes and Angers met in the 17th fixture of Ligue 1 at Roazhon Park on Saturday. The home side ran out victorious in what proved to be a rather drab match last weekend. Rennes have slowly regained their form after a slump midway through the first half of the season....
Just two and a half years ago, Monaco were standing on the mountaintop of French football, having just won their first Ligue 1 title since the 1999-2000 season. The club was praised for reaching the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League, and a young Parisian named Kylian Mbappé was hoisting...
In-form Paris Saint-Germain faced inconsistent Lille in matchday 14 at Parc des Princes on Friday. The home side are already leading pretty comfortably midway through the season with an eight-point lead over second-placed Marseille in the Ligue 1 table. Though it's still too early to rule out the other contenders...
France just never seem to run out of exciting talents and they certainly won't for long years to come. Batches after batches after batches of young exciting prospects rise to the surface every year. Some of them flourish in Ligue 1 while some other conquer top-level leagues abroad. Another French...
The clash between two teams who were at both ends of the table usually ended up with a convincing win for the higher-rated team. That was the expectation of both Dijon and Paris Saint-Germain fans before heading into their clash on matchday twelve of Ligue 1. For the home side,...
