“Croatian to French football interpreters must be in short supply so new Olympique de Marseille head coach Igor Tudor, who spent much of his playing career in Italy, looks as if he’s going to have to use his Italian a fair bit for the next little while.” I said this in my intro last week …
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A new season, a new Olympique de Marseille head coach. However, if the club thought they were going to be able to save on interpreting expenses after Chilean Jorge Sampaoli (and his interpreter) went out the door in the summer, they should’ve thought better than hiring Igor Tudor (and his). Croatian to French football interpreters …
Contrasting emotions at either end of Ligue 1 on Saturday. Paris Saint-Germain lifted the trophy for the eighth time in 10 seasons, which sounds impressive but probably isn’t quite the fairytale manager Mauricio Pochettino made it out to be after the game, let’s be honest. Metz, meanwhile, dropped back into the bottom two just at …
Olympique de Marseille knew that a draw in Rennes would secure third spot and Champions League qualification with a game to spare. But considering how many drubbings Bruno Génésio’s side have dished out at Roazhon Park this season, maybe a 2-0 defeat wasn’t all that bad. Rennes are still in with a shout of a …
25 minutes in, it’s 2-0 to Paris Saint-Germain and things looks as if they’re about to get pretty ugly for Troyes. How many would this season’s champions go on to win by? Well, none. For the second week running, PSG blew a two-goal lead to give Troyes’s survival hopes an unlikely boost. Here’s what some …
Olympique Lyonnais are still in with a chance of a European place after an emphatic 3-0 win at second-placed Olympique de Marseille on Sunday. Three second-half goals decided a match which wasn’t short on controversy. Here’s what some of the men involved had to say after the game in week 35’s Ligue 1 Sunday sounds. …
A missed opportunity? “I do have some regrets, yes. At 1-0 up, we could have scored a second goal if we’d kept things simpler in possession to take advantage of some promising situations. Then we conceded the equaliser just before half-time and didn’t manage the start of the second half properly. We had to chase …
Approaching the game “We’re in good form, we’re doing a lot of things right at the moment and we’ll need to keep doing that tomorrow if we’re to take something from the game. Atlético Madrid are the reigning league champions, they’ve got great players and a coach that we know all about. Next Wednesday, they’re …
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Thoughts on the 2-1 win at Clermont “The credit goes to the players. We’re no longer bottom of the league. That’s both important and incidental at the same time. The last time it happened, we were back at the bottom 24 hours later. But if it turns out to be the case this time, we …
Pre-match Two days before the visit of struggling Girondins de Bordeaux, Lens head coach Franck Haise and striker Florian Sotoca spoke to the press, discussing recent results, areas for the team to improve in and this weekend’s opponents. The squad As was announced after the game against Lorient, Jonathan Gradit (calf) and Wesley Saïd (hamstring) …