Montpellier: only Pedro Mendes is missing against PSG in the Coupe de France

Montpellier will have an almost complete group for the match of the year scheduled for Wednesday evening in the semi-finals of the Coupe de France. Against PSG, only Pedro Mendes (knee) will be missing. Absent in Strasbourg (3-2), Jonas Omlin (thigh) is available, but Dimitry Bertaud will keep the pailladin goal. Téji Savanier and Florent … Read more

Bruno Genesio (Rennes): “Normally, we take pleasure”

Born in Lyon, where he played and held the positions of trainer, assistant and head coach at OL, Bruno Genesio (54), it’s almost a lifetime in Lyon. He came out as a player in Nice and Martigues, then as a coach in Besançon and Beijing Guoan. And for two months, he has been in Rennes, … Read more

PSG still without Kylian Mbappé on Sunday in Rennes

Mbappé back next week? A priori, Mauricio Pochettino should be able to count on an almost complete group. The Parisian coach recovers Idrissa Gueye, who was suspended in the Champions League. Only Juan Bernat (recovery), Alexandre Letellier (broken finger) and Kylian Mbappé (suspended) will be missing. After touching the ball away on Thursday, the world … Read more

Villarreal knock out Arsenal, face Manchester United in Europa League final

This is historic for Villarreal. Eliminated in the semi-finals of the Champions League in 2006 by Arsenal (0-1, 0-0), the Spanish club took a resounding revenge, fifteen years later, in the semi-finals of the Europa League by leaving Arsenal ( 2-1, 0-0), and will play the first European final in its history against another English … Read more

Florian Maurice: “Rennes can do it”

After the setback in Bordeaux on Sunday (0-1), Rennes technical director Florian Maurice took stock on Wednesday, while the Breton team (7th) is two points behind Lens and OM in the race for 5th place in Europe (or even 6th if PSG or Monaco wins the Coupe de France) three days from the end. – … Read more

Rennes: Can Bruno Genesio make Julien Stéphan forget?

The defeat in Bordeaux (0-1) this Sunday will not make us forget the good debut of Bruno Genesio in Rennes. With 2 points on average over his first eight matches, the former Lyon coach remains the technician who made the best start in the history of the Breton club, ahead of Julien Stéphan. Precisely, will … Read more

Dennis Appiah (Nantes) after the victory in Brest: “It’s obviously encouraging”

Dennis Appiah (Nantes defender, after the 3-0 victory in Brest): “It feels good to finally have two successes in a row. Outdoors it’s never easy, but better late than never. It was the right moment to continue to stay alive and hope for our direct maintenance … We surfed on the confidence of the last … Read more

Cherki wants “to be OL’s number 10 and stay that way as long as possible”

At 17, Rayan Cherki is still just a kid. But a kid in a hurry. “I am looking forward to the moment when I will have the chance to show everyone that I want to be OL’s number 10 and stay that way as long as possible”, he confided in an interview with Telefoot, aired … Read more

Lille: Yilmaz, Çelik, two Turks still decisive against Nice

If you have not seen the meeting between Lille and Nice (2-0), Saturday evening, do not stop this morning at the overall statistics of Burak Yilmaz and Zeki Çelik because, to read the figures, the two Turkish internationals have been pretty bad. For the 35-year-old striker, only 62% of successful passes in the opposing camp, … Read more

Departure from King Street and heavy defeat in Lorient, Bordeaux goes adrift

The contrast was stark. At the stroke of 5 pm, Sunday, in the corridors of the Moustoir, the Lorient residents vibrated the walls of the locker room with their war cry, all smiles, while a heavy climate reigned between the Bordelais, mutiques. “It was silence”, attested Benoît Costil, still irritated. We can understand this in … Read more