But in a perilous trip to Roudourou, the Grenats did no better than a draw (1-1). The inevitable George Mikautadze had yet scored his 23rd goal of the season, with a flat foot full of composure on a superb collective action (21st). After the break, Guingamp, more enterprising, was finally rewarded for his efforts, with … Read more
Fireworks in Charléty. Saturday evening, Paris FC and Saint-Étienne delivered a spectacular meeting, won by the Greens (2-4) after in particular a goal scored after 20 seconds and numerous turnarounds. At the same time, Dijon, 19th before the meeting, won on its lawn (1-0) for the first of Pascal Dupraz on the Burgundian bench. Also … Read more
Without a club, he returned to Romania to take the lead in the selection. Thirteen matches later, he decided to leave and joined Sporting. Crowned Portuguese champion in 2002 in his first season in Lisbon, he launched a certain Cristiano Ronaldo, then aged 17, a few months later in a Champions League preliminary round match … Read more
The home stretch of the season is approaching and Strasbourg is looking more and more like a credible candidate for the Champions League. Against Monaco this Sunday, the Alsatians signed a deserved victory (1-0) and find themselves provisionally third in Ligue 1 while waiting for the matches with Rennes and OM. A week after their … Read more
Peter Bosz (OL coach, hung at home by Metz): “It’s a bad result. Everyone saw that the second half was much better after a very difficult first half. We were not dangerous. We could have played two or three hours and we would not have scored. We then chose to change three players, two of … Read more
This is the fashionable question in French football: “But who is this Toubache?” “ And the answer could be this: one hell of a character. Mohamed Toubache-Ter, 34, thin voice and big hair, become essential on Twitter, will even land on the Ligue 1 pitches, and not in virtual this time. After an exchange in … Read more
Olivier Guégan (coach of Valenciennes, L 2, after the 0-4 defeat against Metz in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France) : “The scenario could have been ideal for us, but we missed this entry penalty (by Guillaume, 4th) and behind, we were sanctioned. Despite everything, we had opportunities to score and it … Read more
Frédéric Antonetti (Metz coach, after the 2-0 victory in Montpellier): “We must congratulate the players. We were serious and disciplined. We upset them a lot. Beyond the defense at five, it’s the animation that counts. We conceded few chances against a team which, having seen its last matches, is very dangerous. We can speak of … Read more
“What is your feeling when you find the pitch with your players?It is true that on Thursday, we saw them very little, because they just carried out the test of the Covid-19, in Drive. We have no positive cases, which is excellent news. There were other medical tests on Friday, then we spoke to them … Read more
In an interview given this Monday to Parisian, the former AC Ajaccio player (26), who had already given his news in January, said: “I have practically no more back pain. As the days go by, I have more and more sensations in the legs. I do not move them yet, but I feel things, especially … Read more