Monaco and Nice met in the first Derby de la Côte d'Azur of the season, at the famed Stade Louis II. The home side had yet to win a match in what was beginning to look like yet another tumultuous year after barely staving off relegation last season. The loss...
19th-placed Monaco faced Marseille who were in good form in the fifth matchday of Ligue 1 on Sunday. Monaco have not had a single victory yet in their hands with two draws and two losses earned in four matches. Marseille, meanwhile, have been doing a fairly good job as of...
Lately, there’s hardly a summer without the now-traditional Neymar Junior transfer saga. And 2018/19 did not disappoint at all. Be that as it may, the Brazilian is nowadays only talked about in a context that often doesn’t have much to do with his footballing abilities, and that tells us enough...
Montpellier have been earning some not-so-impressive results early in the season. Michel Der Zakarian's side lost their opening Ligue 1 game against Rennes before drawing in the next one against Bordeaux. Montpellier didn't play so badly but still looked a bit unconvincing in their first two games. The Southern France-based...
As the new Ligue 1 campaign starts, many are already hoping to see PSG finally get dethroned by the end of the season. However, Les Parisiens managed to win comfortably against Nimes with a convincing scoreline of 3-0 in their opening match, making those that aren't exactly fans of the oil-rich...
With Rafael Leao leaving Lille for Milan this summer, the Ligue 1 runners-up need to act fast to find his replacement. The Portuguese winger-cum-striker had an amazing campaign last season. Aside from his tally of eight goals and two assists in 24 games in Ligue 1, Leao was a crucial...
Olympique Lyon took on Paris Saint-Germain in what was expected to be a highly contested encounter between the two French giants. The visitors lead Ligue 1 with Lyon sitting in third 16 points adrift, but the outcome of this match still bears significance to the chasing pack. A win would...
This was the headline posted by Spanish publication Marca when Thomas Tuchel’s side signed the Schalke defender from the clutches of Barcelona. Thilo Kehrer is another product in a long line of defenders who have flourished when given the opportunity in the Bundesliga. The world-renowned Schalke academy has produced numerous...
Heading into this weekend's match, both Marseille and Monaco have had seasons to forget. Monaco, having replaced Leonardo Jardim with Thierry Henry in October, found themselves in 19th place and in with a real chance of relegation. Marseille, led by Rudi Garcia, had been knocked out of the Coupe de...
He knew all his gestures were going to be watched and dissected, and his first result highly anticipated. At 41, Thierry Henry began his new coaching career on the bench of AS Monaco with a bad night. It included a goalkeeping blunder, a major injured player, another ruled out and...
Receiving offers from big European clubs at a young age is a great recognition, especially when you’re from Russia and you get the opportunity to prove that your country can produce great talents too. This is the case of Aleksandr Golovin. Getting all the attention after an astonishing performance at...
French football has a long history of producing multi-talented midfield players; from the likes of Michel Platini and Jean Tigana through to Patrick Vieira and Zinedine Zidane, the country has consistently produced players who patrolled the middle of the park with a mix of dogged tenacity and outstanding technique. Now...
It was the first big game of the season for Thomas Tuchel's PSG in the league and he wasn't found wanting. Faced with a Lyon team coming to the Parc des Princes and, with the same ambitions as against Manchester City in terms of pressing, the Parisians once again stacked...
Despite their 3-2 loss to Strasbourg—which prevented them from taking advantage of Marseille’s tie against Guingamp—Lyon’s campaign showed that the club owned by Jean-Michel Aulas has all the necessary tools to compete for the best sports on Ligue 1’s table and, maybe, challenge PSG for the title next season. Sure,...
